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Ernest Fowler

Skewb · top 6.7% of 73,281 all-time · competing since March 2016 · 2016FOWL01

Ernest Fowler has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.33, set at Acadiana Classic 2019, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,041st in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since March 2016, he has put 263 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.62 in March 2016 to 11.64, a 63% improvement. Ernest has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 6.7% of 73,281 all-time
3.33
signature single · Acadiana Classic 2019
263
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 76% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Skewb3.338.37
top 6.7%1,041 / 18,907
3×311.6414.02
top 12.6%6,788 / 59,724
2×23.716.35
top 22.8%8,964 / 40,951
Pyraminx6.708.28
top 25.4%6,967 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed25.8427.76
top 36.4%4,818 / 15,683
4×41:13.511:19.19
top 50.2%8,463 / 19,072
Megaminx2:14.122:48.86
top 53.3%3,995 / 7,841
5×52:26.952:38.89
top 64.4%5,590 / 9,401

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

Dallas Spring 2016: 31.62Cubalaya 2018: 20.75Cajun Cube Clash 2018: 19.27Bayou Back to School 2018: 16.06Fleur-de-lis Fall 2018: 12.89Acadiana Classic 2019: 13.09Lafayette Fall 2019: 11.64Fleur-de-Lis Fall LA 2024: 12.2511.6431.6226 Mar 201614 Sep 2024

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.

  • Ordway Persyn — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
  • Dylan Miller — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • RJ Gohn — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead once

Next targets

  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.64 away.

Targets move as he improves.