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George Howarth
Pyraminx · top 2.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2022 · 2022HOWA01
George Howarth has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.66, set at Edinburgh Summer 2023, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 97th in the United Kingdom. Until October 2010, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since January 2022, he has put 284 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.33 in January 2022 to 9.23, a 57% improvement. George has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.66 | 6.48 | top 2.6% | 97 / 3,656 | |
| 3×3 | 9.23 | 12.14 | top 5.4% | 400 / 6,689 | |
| 2×2 | 2.83 | 4.02 | top 12.3% | 761 / 4,895 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.63 | 28.75 | top 30.5% | 555 / 1,851 | |
| 4×4 | 1:05.83 | 1:21.20 | top 42.7% | 922 / 2,071 | |
| Square-1 | 38.90 | 47.24 | top 64.0% | 525 / 778 | |
| 5×5 | 2:26.26 | 2:52.81 | top 64.0% | 795 / 1,151 | |
| Megaminx | 2:43.24 | — | early days — 3 solves | 761 / 966 | |
| Skewb | 14.68 | 17.32 | top 77.2% | 1,879 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 7 Oct 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.49 at Wakefield Autumn 2023.
- 7 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Wakefield Autumn 2023.
- 15 Jul 2023Six personal bests in one day at Edinburgh Summer 2023.
- 9 Jul 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.72 at Stevenage Summer 2022.
- 30 Apr 2022Three personal bests in one day at Stevenage Spring 2022.
- 19 Mar 2022First sub-20 3×3: 19.48 at Weston-super-Mare Open 2022.
Competitions
- Bolton Spring 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Wakefield Autumn 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Edinburgh Summer 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Bolton Spring 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage Summer 2022 · 9 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage Spring 2022 · 30 Apr 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Weston-super-Mare Open 2022 · 19 Mar 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Wakefield Open 2022 · 29 Jan 2022
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.
- Daniel Evans — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Eleanor Sinnott — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Luke Burns — met in 48 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.23 away.
Targets move as he improves.