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Kai Smith

3×3 · top 48.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023SMIT68

Kai Smith has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 23.10, set at Gort-a Go Fast 2024, puts him in the top 48.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 681st in Ireland. Across 4 competitions since August 2023, he has put 46 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 20% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:08.66 in August 2023 to 23.10, a 66% improvement. Kai has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 48.2% of 284,439 all-time
23.10
signature single · Gort-a Go Fast 2024
46
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIreland
3×323.1034.21
top 48.2%681 / 1,427
2×26.768.75
top 58.4%691 / 1,163

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

Cubing with the Cats Saturday 2023: 1:08.66Mayo Cubing 2023: 35.00Gort-a Go Fast 2024: 23.10Mayo Cubing 2024: 29.1523.101:08.665 Aug 202321 Sep 2024

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.10 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.76 away.

Targets move as he improves.