People · New Zealand
Caspian Snelling
3×3 · top 13.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022SNEL03
Caspian Snelling has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.78, set at Palmerston North 2024, puts him in the top 13.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 274th in New Zealand. Across 9 competitions since December 2022, he has put 225 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 7.96 in December 2022 to 3.28, a 59% improvement. Caspian has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.78 | 14.97 | top 13.1% | 274 / 2,095 | |
| 2×2 | 3.28 | 4.97 | top 17.5% | 327 / 1,615 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.05 | 1:09.81 | top 36.5% | 227 / 722 | |
| Skewb | 8.00 | 12.95 | top 41.3% | 319 / 666 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.83 | 10.76 | top 51.7% | 668 / 1,141 | |
| Clock | 19.96 | 24.18 | top 64.5% | 223 / 303 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 39.77 | 45.18 | top 65.0% | 347 / 600 | |
| 5×5 | 3:37.28 | — | early days — 2 solves | 309 / 355 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 4 May 2024Three personal bests in one day at Palmerston North 2024.
- 8 Dec 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.63 at New Zealand Nationals 2023.
- 8 Dec 2023Five personal bests in one day at New Zealand Nationals 2023.
- 7 Oct 2023First sub-20 3×3: 17.30 at Half Turns Hataitai 2023.
- 9 Dec 2022First competition: New Zealand Nationals 2022. A 27.29 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kubing in Kapiti 2024 · 9 Nov 2024
- Only Cubes in Wellington 2024 · 14 Sep 2024
- Solve Well In Wellington 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Palmerston North 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Welcome to Wellington 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2023 · 8 Dec 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Half Turns Hataitai 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Palmerston North 2023 · 16 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2022 · 9 Dec 2022
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.
- Aneurin Hunt — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jack McDougall — met in 49 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jack Maddigan — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.78 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.