People · United States
Kai Dalton
2×2 · top 44.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2021 · 2021DALT02
Kai Dalton has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.40, set at UCSD Winter 2024, puts him in the top 44.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,814th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since December 2021, he has put 75 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.74 in December 2021 to 21.76, a 15% improvement. Kai has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 5.40 | 7.28 | top 44.2% | 17,814 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 21.76 | 24.86 | top 44.8% | 25,814 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 1:51.30 | — | early days — 1 solve | 14,254 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 14.59 | 19.03 | top 80.3% | 23,782 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:01.64 | — | top 84.8% | 12,738 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 4:40.97 | — | early days — 1 solve | 9,083 / 9,401 |
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
- 11 Dec 2021First competition: Westview Winter A 2021. A 25.74 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UCSD Winter 2024 · 7 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- You Only Need a 3x3 AZ 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Marshall Cubing Spring 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Chula Vista Winter 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- San Diego Spring 2022 · 16 Apr 2022
- Westview Winter A 2021 · 11 Dec 2021
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.
- Kavin Tangtartharakul — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead once
- Joel Kim — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- August Barnard — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.76 away.
Targets move as he improves.