People · United States
Kevin Coulter
3×3 · top 2.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016COUL02
Kevin Coulter has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.52, set at New Hope Open Winter 2019, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,190th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 34 competitions since October 2016, he has put 1,126 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.00 in October 2016 to 7.52, a 66% improvement. Kevin has entered 34 competitions, more competitions than 98% 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 | 7.52 | 8.88 | top 2.0% | 1,190 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.55 | 3.82 | top 2.3% | 617 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 1.58 | 2.96 | top 2.5% | 989 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 34.49 | 40.97 | top 6.3% | 962 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 3.45 | 5.79 | top 7.4% | 1,148 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 1:09.50 | 1:24.06 | top 11.3% | 872 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 29 moves | 36.33 | top 12.2% | 280 / 2,040 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.89 | 20.32 | top 14.8% | 1,917 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 17.43 | 25.12 | top 21.9% | 1,451 / 6,743 | |
| Megaminx | 1:25.34 | 1:42.23 | top 25.2% | 1,728 / 7,841 | |
| 6×6 | 3:12.19 | 3:30.90 | top 46.9% | 1,752 / 4,196 | |
| Clock | 20.16 | — | top 65.1% | 5,558 / 8,927 |
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
- 14 Sep 2019Three personal bests in one day at Ridge Cubing Fall 2019.
- 9 Jun 2018Three personal bests in one day at Meadowlands 2018.
- 7 Apr 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.32 at No Place For DNF Spring 2018.
- 10 Feb 2018Three personal bests in one day at Incredible Pencil Mania 2018.
- 23 Sep 2017Eight personal bests in one day at Princeton Fall 2017.
- 11 Mar 2017First sub-20 3×3: 14.32 at New York City Winter 2017.
Competitions
- Happy Valley Spring PA 2026 · 19 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Happy Valley Fall PA 2024 · 1 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Happy Valley Fall 2022 · 3 Dec 2022
- Happy Valley Spring 2022 · 26 Mar 2022
- Babylon Fall 2021 · 14 Nov 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Scranton Scramble 2020 · 18 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Liberty Science Center Open 2019 · 14 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Ridge Cubing Fall 2019 · 14 Sep 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Arcadia Summer 2019 · 22 Jun 2019
- George School Open 2019 · 11 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Meadowlands 2019 · 4 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Ridge Cubing 2019 · 6 Apr 2019
- Lower Moreland Winter 2019 · 16 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Princeton Winter 2019 · 9 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- New Hope Open Winter 2019 · 20 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Penn Cube Day Fall 2018 · 8 Dec 2018
- CubingUSA New Jersey Championship 2018 · 17 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Lower Moreland Fall 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Fall Foliage Cubing 2018 · 20 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Princeton Fall 2018 · 29 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2018 · 27 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Meadowlands 2018 · 9 Jun 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Lower Moreland Spring 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- New York City Spring 2018 · 21 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- No Place For DNF Spring 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Incredible Pencil Mania 2018 · 10 Feb 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- UPenn Cube Day Fall 2017 · 22 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Princeton Fall 2017 · 23 Sep 2017 — 8 personal bests set
- Meadowlands 2017 · 3 Jun 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2017 · 2 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- New York City Winter 2017 · 11 Mar 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Princeton Fall 2016 · 22 Oct 2016
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.
- AJ Kamal — met in 181 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Daniel Karnaukh — met in 162 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Livia Kleiner — met in 156 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.52 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.