People · Canada
Kai Rodland
2×2 · top 9.4% of 189,179 all-time · competing since January 2019 · 2019RODL01
Kai Rodland has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.54, set at West Seattle Favorites 2019, puts him in the top 9.4% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 619th in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since January 2019, he has put 113 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.81 in January 2019 to 2.54, a 47% improvement. Kai has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.54 | 5.07 | top 9.4% | 619 / 7,245 | |
| Skewb | 4.06 | 6.62 | top 11.4% | 239 / 2,928 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.14 | 9.73 | top 21.1% | 887 / 4,913 | |
| 3×3 | 14.32 | 16.13 | top 22.2% | 2,145 / 10,502 | |
| 4×4 | 59.46 | 1:10.60 | top 36.0% | 969 / 3,180 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 35.22 | 38.41 | top 57.7% | 1,381 / 2,632 | |
| Megaminx | 3:08.00 | — | early days — 2 solves | 971 / 1,393 | |
| 5×5 | 3:17.17 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,192 / 1,546 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 5 Oct 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.32 at Chilliwack Cubes Fall 2019.
- 2 Mar 2019Four personal bests in one day at West Seattle Favorites 2019.
- 5 Jan 2019First competition: UBC Open 2019. A 19.96 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- SnoCo Fall 2019 · 16 Nov 2019
- Chilliwack Cubes Fall 2019 · 5 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Fraser Valley Spring Open 2019 · 4 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- West Seattle Favorites 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- UBC Open 2019 · 5 Jan 2019
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.
- Kyle Van Straaten — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chin Lam — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Kevin Matthews — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 8,121 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.