People · Italy
Kevin Montano
3×3 · top 4.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2011 · 2011MONT02
Kevin Montano has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.03, set at Salerno Winter Open 2013, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 183rd in Italy. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since December 2011, he has put 600 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.84 in December 2011 to 9.03, a 46% improvement. Kevin has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Italy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.03 | 10.78 | top 4.9% | 183 / 2,882 | |
| 2×2 | 2.28 | 3.55 | top 6.9% | 226 / 2,068 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.52 | 6.79 | top 10.3% | 217 / 1,403 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 53.08 | — | top 10.9% | 31 / 244 | |
| 4×4 | 40.78 | 50.84 | top 13.0% | 157 / 1,206 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 13 of 15 cubes · 48:58 | — | top 13.9% | 17 / 100 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 31 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 45 / 266 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.96 | 23.04 | top 20.4% | 191 / 887 | |
| 5×5 | 1:31.68 | 1:49.82 | top 28.7% | 181 / 642 | |
| Megaminx | 1:38.41 | 1:46.99 | top 33.6% | 162 / 544 | |
| 5×5 blindfolded | 14:05.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 14 / 30 | |
| Skewb | 9.77 | 12.59 | top 53.5% | 493 / 804 | |
| 6×6 | 3:38.28 | 3:49.49 | top 58.0% | 160 / 273 | |
| 7×7 | 5:29.50 | — | early days — 3 solves | 126 / 219 | |
| Square-1 | 1:05.31 | — | top 86.8% | 349 / 411 |
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
- 10 May 2014Three personal bests in one day at Italian Championship 2014.
- 22 Dec 2013Four personal bests in one day at Salerno Winter Open 2013.
- 30 Nov 2013First sub-10 3×3: 9.50 at Italian Open 2013.
- 30 Nov 2013Nine personal bests in one day at Italian Open 2013.
- 7 Sep 2013Three personal bests in one day at Milan Blind Day 2013.
- 8 Dec 2012Four personal bests in one day at Italian Championship 2012.
Competitions
- Italian Championship 2014 · 10 May 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Small CubingItaly 2014 · 9 Mar 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Salerno Winter Open 2013 · 22 Dec 2013 — 4 personal bests set
- Italian Open 2013 · 30 Nov 2013 — 9 personal bests set
- Milan Blind Day 2013 · 7 Sep 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Italian Championship 2012 · 8 Dec 2012 — 4 personal bests set
- Sinuessa Open 2012 · 11 Nov 2012 — 4 personal bests set
- Beneventum Open 2012 · 29 Jul 2012 — 11 personal bests set
- Tiburtinae Open 2012 · 15 Apr 2012 — 7 personal bests set
- Roma Winter Open 2011 · 11 Dec 2011 — 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.
- Mariano D'Imperio — met in 124 rounds, finished ahead 56 times
- Paolo Moriello — met in 102 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Stefano Bevacqua — met in 87 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.03 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.