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Chris Ward

3×3 · top 79.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2016 · 2016WARD06

Chris Ward has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 42.62, set at Oceania 10th Anniversary 2019, puts him in the top 79.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,739th in New Zealand. Across 2 competitions since September 2016, he has put 20 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:02.23 in September 2016 to 42.62, a 32% improvement. Chris has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 79.8% of 284,439 all-time
42.62
signature single · Oceania 10th Anniversary 2019
20
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
3×342.6258.66
top 79.8%1,739 / 2,095
Pyraminx15.561:13.39
top 83.7%998 / 1,141
2×218.7122.85
top 94.6%1,568 / 1,615

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

Palmerston North 2016: 1:02.23Oceania 10th Anniversary 2019: 42.6242.621:02.2325 Sep 201628 Jun 2019

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-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 2.62 away.
  • A sub-15 Pyraminx single — 105,805 people have one; it is 0.56 away.

Targets move as he improves.