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Bladen Howland
Pyraminx · top 10.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022HOWL01
Bladen Howland has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.57, set at Gem State Side Events 2022, puts him in the top 10.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,781st in the United States. Across 6 competitions since August 2022, he has put 104 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 7 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.81 in August 2022 to 12.39, a 26% improvement. Bladen has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.57 | 6.77 | top 10.6% | 2,781 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 4.33 | 5.79 | top 13.2% | 2,047 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 12.39 | 16.09 | top 15.2% | 8,155 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.92 | 4.76 | top 25.5% | 9,994 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.34 | 32.90 | top 47.4% | 6,454 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:15.19 | — | early days — 3 solves | 8,750 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 3:24.40 | — | early days — 1 solve | 7,877 / 9,401 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 19 Nov 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.17 at Posthaste Potato Solving 2022.
- 27 Aug 2022First competition: Back to School Utah 2022. A 18.42 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Utah Megacomp 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Ice Cubing 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Snowball Bash 2022 · 10 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Posthaste Potato Solving 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Gem State Side Events 2022 · 17 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Back to School Utah 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Damian Wilding — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Jack Martin — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Graham Kaplan — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
Targets move as he improves.