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Connor Kempf

3×3 · top 1.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2015 · 2015KEMP02

Connor Kempf has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.22, set at CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2018, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 969th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since September 2015, he has put 492 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.47 in September 2015 to 7.22, a 63% improvement. Connor has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.6% of 284,439 all-time
7.22
signature single · CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2018
492
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.228.61
top 1.6%969 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed11.4014.07
top 2.3%365 / 15,683
4×437.7048.07
top 9.5%1,413 / 19,072
5×51:18.261:29.39
top 17.7%1,370 / 9,401
2×23.735.00
top 23.1%9,054 / 40,951
6×62:46.352:59.60
top 34.2%1,231 / 4,196
7×74:13.464:26.79
top 35.5%998 / 3,184
Megaminx8:09.15
early days — 1 solve7,843 / 7,841

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

Médecins Sans Frontières Open 2015: 19.47Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2015: 16.81Shaker Heights 2016: 14.14Dayton Spring 2016: 13.71Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2016: 13.95Indiana 2016: 18.66Dixon Fall 2016: 10.82Shaker Fall 2016: 9.27Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2017: 8.56Bluegrass Spring 2017: 7.37Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2017: 8.52Shaker Spring 2017: 8.94SCC Summer 2017: 8.17CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 9.17Husky Showdown 2018: 9.34CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2018: 7.227.2219.4726 Sep 201518 May 2018

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.22 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.40 away.

Targets move as he improves.