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Christian Kelley

3×3 · top 88.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2011 · 2011KELL02

Christian Kelley has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 53.30, set at Cubetcha 2012, puts him in the top 88.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 53,980th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since October 2011, he has put 37 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:14.66 in October 2011 to 53.30, a 29% improvement. Christian has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 88.2% of 284,439 all-time
53.30
signature single · Cubetcha 2012
37
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×353.301:09.66
top 88.2%53,980 / 59,724
2×213.9421.81
top 88.7%36,886 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed2:58.33
early days — 1 solve15,637 / 15,683

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

Cubetcha 2011: 1:14.66Minnesota Open 2012: 1:00.06Cubetcha 2012: 53.30Cubetcha 2014: 1:02.9153.301:14.6629 Oct 20111 Nov 2014

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 6 Oct 2012First sub-60 3×3: 53.30 at Cubetcha 2012.
  • 29 Oct 2011First competition: Cubetcha 2011. A 1:14.66 3×3 single to start from.

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-50 3×3 single — 244,718 people have one; it is 3.30 away.
  • A sub-12 2×2 single — 157,609 people have one; it is 1.94 away.

Targets move as he improves.