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Howell Jian
3×3 · top 6.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022JIAN06
Howell Jian has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.64, set at UCSD Summer 2023, puts him in the top 6.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,643rd in the United States. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since August 2022, he has put 147 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.28 in August 2022 to 9.64, a 55% improvement. Howell has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 9.64 | 11.58 | top 6.5% | 3,643 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.00 | 4.73 | top 14.3% | 5,693 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.23 | 9.49 | top 21.7% | 5,918 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.81 | 26.07 | top 28.3% | 3,705 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 53.89 | 1:04.35 | top 29.5% | 4,666 / 19,354 | |
| Clock | 14.79 | 16.35 | top 47.1% | 3,907 / 9,172 | |
| Megaminx | 2:18.69 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,284 / 8,026 | |
| Skewb | 11.66 | 16.71 | top 64.4% | 12,122 / 19,164 | |
| 5×5 | 2:36.32 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,125 / 9,537 |
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
- 5 Aug 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.64 at UCSD Summer 2023.
- 14 Jan 2023First sub-20 3×3: 13.33 at Chula Vista Winter 2023.
- 14 Jan 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.33 at Chula Vista Winter 2023.
- 27 Aug 2022First competition: Marshall Middle Slice 2022. A 21.28 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UCSD Extravaganza 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Summer 2023 · 5 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- UCSD For Hemophilia 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Gonna Need a Bigger Cube SD 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Spring 2023 · 2 Apr 2023
- Oak Valley Winter A 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Chula Vista Winter 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- WCC Western Championship 2022 · 7 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Marshall Middle Slice 2022 · 27 Aug 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.
- Ryan Morrison — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Graham Siggins — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead once
- Alexander Watson — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.64 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.