People · United States
Kelvin V. Baldwin
2×2 · top 12.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2018 · 2018BALD06
Kelvin V. Baldwin has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.80, set at Northern Neck Winter 2019, puts him in the top 12.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,737th in the United States. Across 11 competitions since September 2018, he has put 196 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.52 in September 2018 to 13.85, a 51% improvement. Kelvin 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.80 | 4.32 | top 12.0% | 4,737 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.68 | 11.14 | top 17.6% | 4,676 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 13.85 | 15.76 | top 20.4% | 11,023 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 54.08 | 59.43 | top 29.6% | 4,640 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 7.79 | 11.36 | top 39.7% | 6,838 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.51 | 35.88 | top 45.5% | 6,168 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 2:20.74 | 2:36.14 | top 61.4% | 5,277 / 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
- 20 Nov 2021First sub-15 3×3: 13.85 at Slow N Steady Fall 2021.
- 16 Feb 2019First sub-20 3×3: 16.89 at CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019.
- 16 Feb 2019Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019.
- 2 Sep 2018First competition: Slow N Steady Summer 2018. A 28.52 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Think In Fink Fall 2022 · 1 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2022 · 2 Apr 2022
- Slow N Steady Fall 2021 · 20 Nov 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- MLWGS Winter 2020 · 18 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Solving Hunger Virginia 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- River Hill Spring 2019 · 2 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- MLWGS Spring 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Northern Neck Winter 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- RVAutumn 2018 · 6 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Summer 2018 · 2 Sep 2018
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.
- Michael Nielsen — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
- Corey Sakowski — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Will Callan — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
Targets move as he improves.