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Bowman Dean

Pyraminx · top 37.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016DOMI06

Bowman Dean has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 8.10, set at Slow N Steady Summer 2018, puts him in the top 37.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,506th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since October 2016, he has put 124 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.01 in October 2016 to 19.02, a 34% improvement. Bowman has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 37.0% of 129,321 all-time
8.10
signature single · Slow N Steady Summer 2018
124
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx8.1013.30
top 37.0%10,506 / 28,708
3×319.0222.58
top 37.1%20,925 / 59,724
4×41:03.261:08.32
top 39.9%6,481 / 19,072
2×27.038.73
top 60.7%24,904 / 40,951

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

Oklahoma Fall 2016: 29.01Northern Neck Winter 2018: 20.82Slow N Steady Winter 2018: 22.04NovaCube 2018: 21.75ODU Big Blue Spring 2018: 19.31River Hill Spring 2018: 19.02Slow N Steady Summer 2018: 21.34ODU Big Blue Fall 2018: 20.2919.0229.011 Oct 201620 Oct 2018

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.