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Kai Clifford

2×2 · top 13.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018CLIF02

Kai Clifford has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.92, set at Rocky Top 2019, puts him in the top 13.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,240th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since July 2018, he has put 165 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 46.13 in July 2018 to 19.05, a 59% improvement. Kai has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 13.3% of 186,767 all-time
2.92
signature single · Rocky Top 2019
165
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.926.73
top 13.3%5,240 / 40,951
3×319.0521.09
top 37.2%20,984 / 59,724
Pyraminx10.8415.10
top 59.3%17,417 / 28,708
4×41:30.871:49.28
top 64.2%11,270 / 19,072
Skewb11.7716.13
top 64.9%12,062 / 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

GA Cubers Summer Blast 2018: 46.13Rocky Top 2018: 25.02CubingUSA Georgia Championship 2018: 23.55Where's Loganville 2019: 21.96GA Cubers Sunset 2019: 19.51Chipola 2019: 19.85Rocky Top 2019: 19.05Big Cubes for Dunwoody 2020: 22.2019.0546.1314 Jul 20188 Feb 2020

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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 0.92 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.05 away.

Targets move as he improves.