People · United States
Chris Bird
2×2 · top 17.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2009 · 2009BIRD01
Chris Bird has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.27, set at Stanford Fall competition 2009, puts him in the top 17.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,822nd in the United States. Across 12 competitions since August 2009, he has put 334 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.77 in August 2009 to 13.80, a 30% improvement. Chris has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 3.27 | 4.56 | top 17.4% | 6,822 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.68 | 10.08 | top 17.6% | 4,676 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 13.80 | 15.66 | top 20.3% | 10,921 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.68 | 1:13.61 | top 37.2% | 6,004 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:57.72 | 2:09.69 | top 47.9% | 3,992 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 3:44.58 | 3:48.42 | top 60.4% | 2,317 / 4,196 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 38.86 | 48.98 | top 63.7% | 9,010 / 15,683 | |
| 7×7 | 6:06.25 | 6:25.85 | top 69.2% | 2,115 / 3,184 | |
| Megaminx | 3:17.62 | 4:12.28 | top 80.1% | 6,326 / 7,841 | |
| Clock | 37.97 | 42.33 | top 92.1% | 8,242 / 8,927 |
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
- 3 Dec 2011Three personal bests in one day at Berkeley Fall 2011.
- 13 Nov 2011Three personal bests in one day at Stanford Fall 2011.
- 24 Oct 2010First sub-15 3×3: 14.94 at Berkeley Fall 2010.
- 24 Oct 2010Three personal bests in one day at Berkeley Fall 2010.
- 6 Aug 2010Three personal bests in one day at United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010.
- 25 Apr 2010Three personal bests in one day at Berkeley Spring 2010.
Competitions
- Berkeley Fall 2011 · 3 Dec 2011 — 3 personal bests set
- Stanford Fall 2011 · 13 Nov 2011 — 3 personal bests set
- United States National Championships 2011 · 12 Aug 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Fall 2010 · 24 Oct 2010 — 3 personal bests set
- Marymount Open 2010 · 9 Oct 2010 — 1 personal best set
- United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010 · 6 Aug 2010 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley Summer 2010 · 11 Jul 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Stanford Spring 2010 · 23 May 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Spring 2010 · 25 Apr 2010 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley Winter 2010 · 30 Jan 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Stanford Fall competition 2009 · 21 Nov 2009 — 3 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2009 · 14 Aug 2009 — 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.
- Edward Lin — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Devin Corr-Robinett — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Vincent Sheu — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
Targets move as he improves.