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Colin Cayen

2×2 · top 1.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015CAYE02

Colin Cayen has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.19, set at Canadian Championship 2019, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 66th in Canada. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since November 2015, he has put 440 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.83 in November 2015 to 7.38, a 63% improvement. Colin has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.0% of 186,767 all-time
1.19
signature single · Canadian Championship 2019
440
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
2×21.194.22
top 1.0%66 / 7,173
3×37.3810.87
top 1.8%184 / 10,392
4×437.8041.03
top 9.6%221 / 3,118
5×51:10.911:20.92
top 12.2%144 / 1,499
6×62:04.692:21.34
top 13.0%56 / 665
Pyraminx5.998.83
top 19.9%816 / 4,858
7×73:41.014:02.89
top 23.8%96 / 503
Skewb6.719.33
top 31.3%770 / 2,907
Megaminx1:35.361:43.54
top 31.6%320 / 1,375
3×3 one-handed28.4134.40
top 42.9%966 / 2,620
Square-145.25
early days — 1 solve662 / 952

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

Toronto Open Fall 2015: 19.83Toronto Limited Summer 2016: 15.33Toronto Limited Fall 2016: 13.19London Limited Spring 2017: 10.93Newmarket Open 2017: 12.36Battle of Waterloo 2017: 10.75Pickering Spring 2018: 10.57Niagara Select 2018: 9.46Newmarket Open 2018: 10.64Oakville Autumn Limited 2018: 9.71Ajax Winter 2019: 8.58Canadian Championship 2019: 7.387.3819.8328 Nov 201526 Jul 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.