People · Canada
Kai Pollock
3×3 · top 5.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2017 · 2017POLL02
Kai Pollock has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.43, set at Calgary Summer Classic 2023, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 567th in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since July 2017, he has put 244 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.46 in July 2017 to 9.43, a 49% improvement. Kai 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 | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.43 | 11.38 | top 5.9% | 567 / 10,392 | |
| Skewb | 3.68 | 4.92 | top 8.8% | 179 / 2,907 | |
| 2×2 | 2.85 | 3.72 | top 12.6% | 837 / 7,173 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.98 | 6.39 | top 13.0% | 505 / 4,858 | |
| 4×4 | 47.71 | 1:02.07 | top 21.8% | 551 / 3,118 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.36 | 29.19 | top 29.7% | 663 / 2,620 |
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
- 12 Aug 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.43 at Calgary Summer Classic 2023.
- 24 Aug 2018Four personal bests in one day at Canada's Best in the West 2018.
- 26 May 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.92 at Battle for Foothills Limited 2018.
- 15 Jul 2017First competition: Canadian Open 2017. A 18.46 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Calgary Summer Classic 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Solved Central Alberta 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Sherwood Park Summer 2019 · 27 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Foothills Final Fight 2019 · 25 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Foothills Fright 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Canada's Best in the West 2018 · 24 Aug 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Battle for Foothills Limited 2018 · 26 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Foothills Fall 2017 · 21 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Canadian Open 2017 · 15 Jul 2017
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.
- James Deibert — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Noah Wilde — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Danny Buschert — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.43 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
Targets move as he improves.