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Chris Romano

3×3 · top 70.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2010 · 2010ROMA01

Chris Romano has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 34.97, set at Virginia Open 2010, puts him in the top 70.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 42,630th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since January 2010, he has put 49 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 42.05 in January 2010 to 34.97, a 17% improvement. Chris has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 70.5% of 284,439 all-time
34.97
signature single · Virginia Open 2010
49
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×334.9741.27
top 70.5%42,630 / 59,724
2×28.6113.62
top 71.4%29,491 / 40,951
4×43:06.413:31.59
top 97.0%18,637 / 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

Washington DC Open 2010: 42.05Baltimore Spring competition 2010: 45.05Washington DC Spring 2010: 44.66Virginia Open 2010: 34.97Washington DC Winter 2011: 38.43River Hill Winter 2012: 35.1634.9745.0530 Jan 201021 Jan 2012

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.

  • Henry Cohen — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Bob Burton — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Evan Liu — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 4.97 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.