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Espen Powley

2×2 · top 12.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022POWL01

Espen Powley has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.80, set at Stevenage January 2023, puts him in the top 12.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 749th in the United Kingdom. Across 5 competitions since April 2022, he has put 138 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 2×2 best has come down from 12.29 in April 2022 to 2.80, a 77% improvement. Espen has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 12.0% of 186,767 all-time
2.80
signature single · Stevenage January 2023
138
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×22.804.24
top 12.0%749 / 4,895
Pyraminx5.4610.29
top 16.2%628 / 3,656
3×315.3516.84
top 25.6%1,700 / 6,689
3×3 one-handed25.6537.84
top 35.9%640 / 1,851
Clock14.8316.03
top 47.2%628 / 1,232
Skewb11.0118.19
top 60.9%1,463 / 2,421

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

Stevenage Spring 2022: 12.29East London Autumn 2022: 4.96Stevenage January 2023: 2.80Stevenage June 2023: 4.39Stevenage November 2023: 3.702.8012.2930 Apr 202225 Nov 2023

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.46 away.

Targets move as he improves.