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Barry Bower

Pyraminx · top 87.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since July 2012 · 2012BOWE01

Barry Bower has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 16.77, set at Atlantic Open 2014, puts him in the top 87.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,357th in Canada. Across 6 competitions since July 2012, he has put 44 official solves on the record across two events. His 2×2 best has come down from 1:12.03 in July 2012 to 22.55, a 69% improvement. Barry has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 87.2% of 129,321 all-time
16.77
signature single · Atlantic Open 2014
44
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
Pyraminx16.7731.52
top 87.2%4,357 / 4,858
2×222.5527.26
top 96.9%7,019 / 7,173

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

GEL Open 2012: 1:12.03Atlantic Open 2013: 22.55Atlantic Open 2014: 22.81Atlantic Open Fall 2014: 29.36Atlantic Open 2015: 27.0822.551:12.0321 Jul 201228 Mar 2015

Best single per competition, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 Pyraminx single — 105,805 people have one; it is 1.77 away.
  • A sub-20 2×2 single — 178,436 people have one; it is 2.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.