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Bryan Lay
2×2 · top 42.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2009 · 2009LAYB01
Bryan Lay has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.28, set at Carnegie Mellon Spring 2010, puts him in the top 42.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,228th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since December 2009, he has put 45 official solves on the record across five events. Bryan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 5.28 | 9.57 | top 42.8% | 17,228 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 25.06 | 28.66 | top 52.7% | 30,862 / 59,724 | |
| 5×5 | 3:05.56 | 3:12.31 | top 79.8% | 7,250 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 54.38 | 1:13.04 | top 80.3% | 11,893 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 2:00.96 | 2:16.47 | top 82.1% | 15,306 / 19,072 |
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
- 5 Dec 2009First competition: Carnegie Mellon Fall 2009. A 27.06 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Carnegie Mellon Spring 2010 · 1 May 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Washington DC Open 2010 · 30 Jan 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Carnegie Mellon Fall 2009 · 5 Dec 2009
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.
- Carson Penticuff — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Dan Cohen — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Greg French — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.