People · United States
Kepler Smith
3×3 · top 17.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023SMIT39
Kepler Smith has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.87, set at Only Cubes in ABQ 2026, puts him in the top 17.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,086th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since April 2023, he has put 80 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.41 in April 2023 to 12.87, a 22% improvement. Kepler has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 12.87 | 15.21 | top 17.0% | 9,086 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.32 | 10.78 | top 22.4% | 6,030 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 5.27 | 6.49 | top 42.6% | 17,170 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 35.52 | 40.40 | top 58.2% | 8,111 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:23.57 | 1:38.95 | top 58.7% | 10,166 / 19,072 |
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
- 2 Sep 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.82 at Ski Valley Solving 2023.
- 29 Apr 2023First competition: BeCubed Spring 2023. A 16.74 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Only Cubes in ABQ 2026 · 6 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Ski Valley Solving 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- BeCubed Spring 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Estevan Lujan — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Anthony J. Telford — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Timothy Fountain — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.