People · United States
Howard Swift
3×3 · top 67.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018SWIF01
Howard Swift has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 32.65, set at MIT Fall 2018, puts him in the top 67.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 40,319th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since June 2018, he has put 89 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 58.22 in June 2018 to 32.65, a 44% improvement. Howard 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 States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 32.65 | 39.13 | top 67.0% | 40,319 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 9.49 | 17.68 | top 75.8% | 31,402 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 14.27 | 16.63 | top 79.0% | 23,387 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 21.46 | 29.77 | top 91.6% | 17,647 / 18,907 |
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
- 16 Jun 2018First competition: Quizzical Quabbin Qualifier 2018. A 58.22 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Providence Fall 2019 · 21 Sep 2019
- Quabbin Summer 2019 · 24 Aug 2019
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019
- The Battle of Lexington 2018 · 1 Dec 2018
- MIT Fall 2018 · 6 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Connect Community 2018 · 8 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Blue Cubed 2018 · 5 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Quizzical Quabbin Qualifier 2018 · 16 Jun 2018
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.
- Derek White — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Addison Heffernan — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Alex Cohen — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 2.65 away.
- A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 1.49 away.
Targets move as he improves.