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Houston Kelly

3×3 · top 47.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023KELL36

Houston Kelly has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.66, set at Barely Awake Boulder 2024, puts him in the top 47.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 27,296th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since December 2023, he has put 25 official solves on the record across four events. His Skewb best has come down from 19.03 in December 2023 to 14.18, a 25% improvement. Houston has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 47.1% of 284,439 all-time
22.66
signature single · Barely Awake Boulder 2024
25
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×322.6630.77
top 47.1%27,296 / 59,724
Skewb14.1818.35
top 75.4%14,302 / 18,907
Pyraminx15.8822.05
top 84.8%25,019 / 28,708
4×42:21.20
early days — 2 solves17,043 / 19,072

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

USAFA Flyby Cubing 2023: 19.03Barely Awake Boulder 2024: 14.1814.1819.0316 Dec 202327 Jan 2024

Best single per competition, Skewb. 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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.66 away.
  • A sub-12 Skewb single — 48,404 people have one; it is 2.18 away.

Targets move as he improves.