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Kellen Tyler Pope
3×3 · top 9.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023POPE01
Kellen Tyler Pope has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.68, set at Green Spring 2024, puts him in the top 9.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,273rd in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since February 2023, he has put 244 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.53 in February 2023 to 10.68, a 55% improvement. Kellen has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.68 | 13.51 | top 9.6% | 5,273 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 3.97 | 6.38 | top 10.8% | 1,677 / 19,164 | |
| 2×2 | 2.85 | 3.92 | top 12.6% | 5,036 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.62 | 7.85 | top 17.3% | 4,655 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.34 | 1:13.94 | top 43.3% | 7,230 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.62 | 36.00 | top 52.6% | 7,369 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 2:45.12 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,538 / 9,537 |
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
- 23 Mar 2024First sub-20 3×3: 14.10 at Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2024.
- 23 Mar 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.10 at Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2024.
- 23 Mar 2024Four personal bests in one day at Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2024.
- 18 Feb 2023First competition: Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2023. A 23.53 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Many Cubes in Mansfield 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Bowling Green 2025 · 30 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- NxNationwide Lewis Center 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Imagination Station A 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ohio State Fall 2024 · 10 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Get Ready Grove City 2024 · 13 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Green Spring 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Solar Eclipse in Sycamore 2024 · 8 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- BHT Pyraminx Bash 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2023 · 18 Feb 2023
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.
- Braden Richards — met in 45 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chris Nankervis — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Carson Clark (张卡森) — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
Targets move as he improves.