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Kian Barry

2×2 · top 2.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2007 · 2007BARR01

Kian Barry has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.61, set at St. Joseph's College Winter 2012, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,033rd in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 105 competitions since April 2007, he has put 3,522 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 50.20 in April 2007 to 9.43, an 81% improvement. Kian has entered 105 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.6% of 186,767 all-time
1.61
signature single · St. Joseph's College Winter 2012
3,522
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.614.45
top 2.6%1,033 / 40,951
3×39.4313.19
top 5.9%3,282 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed14.1420.80
top 6.4%882 / 15,683
Pyraminx4.449.51
top 9.9%2,572 / 28,708
4×444.8355.59
top 18.1%2,755 / 19,072
3×3 blindfolded1:42.69—
top 27.6%572 / 2,092
5×51:38.641:47.30
top 34.3%2,725 / 9,401
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves45.00
top 44.7%969 / 2,040
Clock15.3618.74
top 49.4%4,020 / 8,927
3×3 Multi-Blind4 of 5 cubes · 32:10—
top 57.8%444 / 731
6×63:52.374:15.72
top 62.9%2,436 / 4,196
7×76:03.887:27.16
top 68.7%2,093 / 3,184
Square-152.2759.87
top 78.1%5,180 / 6,743
Megaminx5:21.84—
early days — 2 solves7,738 / 7,841

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

Rutgers Spring competition 2007: 50.20Kearny Kardinal competition 2008: 43.81Princeton Open 2008: 34.28Armonk Spring 2008: 31.54Washington DC Open 2008: 21.99Da Vinci Science Center competition 2008: 21.43Decatur Open 2008: 20.81Westchester Fall 2008: 21.21Newark Winter 2009: 19.71Fort Lee Winter 2009: 18.84Drexel Winter 2009: 17.69Cumberland Valley Open 2009: 15.68Safe Haven competition 2009: 16.56Connecticut Summer Competition 2009: 15.90MIT Fall 2009: 17.30Brown Cubing Day 2009: 14.71Washington DC Open 2010: 15.72MIT Spring 2010: 15.18Baltimore Spring competition 2010: 14.03Safe Haven competition 2010: 15.25Ohio Open 2010: 14.05Washington DC Spring 2010: 13.05United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010: 15.11Long Island 2010: 13.97Princeton Fall 2010: 15.66MIT Fall 2010: 13.91Toronto Open Fall 2010: 13.02Liberty Science Center Open 2010: 13.21St. Joseph's College Winter 2011: 13.58MIT Spring 2011: 13.43Newark Head to Head 2011: 13.27Harvard Spring 2011: 13.09Cornell Spring 2011: 12.91Park Ridge Open 2011: 12.46Captain's Cove competition 2011: 13.21canadianCUBING CUBEcentric 2011: 13.84River Hill Spring 2011: 11.47Hackley Summer 2011: 12.11United States National Championships 2011: 14.61Yale Fall 2011: 13.61Princeton Fall 2011: 14.41World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011: 14.86Liberty Science Center Open 2011: 12.81Bridgewater Open 2011: 12.34MIT Fall 2011: 13.18River Hill Winter 2012: 11.13MIT Spring 2012: 12.40Newark Head to Head 2012: 13.47St. Joseph's College Winter 2012: 11.96Harvard Spring 2012: 13.05Cornell Open Spring 2012: 11.96Yale Spring 2012: 12.43Brown Cubing Day 2012: 11.33Captain's Cove competition 2012: 11.18Jersey Shore Open 2012: 14.52United States National Championships 2012: 12.78St. Joseph's College Summer 2012: 13.80Yale Fall 2012: 13.56Princeton Fall 2012: 12.02Chesapeake Science Point Fall 2012: 11.56Levittown Open 2012: 11.78Liberty Science Center Open 2012: 12.61Monmouth County Open 2013: 12.57MIT Spring 2013: 10.30Montréal Open 2013: 12.88Princeton Spring 2013: 12.19Cornell Open Spring 2013: 12.97Newark Head to Head 2013: 14.00World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 11.53Harvard Fall 2013: 11.88Princeton Winter 2014: 12.49Yale Spring 2014: 12.70Cornell Open Spring 2014: 13.02CCFC BLD Day 2014: 13.63US Nationals 2014: 13.66Starlight Open 2014: 13.72Red Cross Cubing Open 2014: 12.77Yale Spring 2015: 15.43Doylestown Spring 2015: 14.06US Nationals 2015: 12.13Liberty Science 2015: 11.03Red Cross Cubing Open 2016: 11.86Princeton Winter 2016: 11.30US Nationals 2016: 11.40Princeton Fall 2016: 13.76CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 14.25Princeton Fall 2017: 11.92Maryland 2017: 12.60Lower Moreland Spring 2018: 12.24North Plainfield Open 2018: 12.06CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 12.37CubingUSA New Jersey Championship 2018: 9.43Liberty Science Center Open 2018: 13.15Liberty Science Center Open 2019: 12.54CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 14.85Parsippany Mini PM 2024: 13.03Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 14.22Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 13.32Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 12.879.4350.2022 Apr 20072 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.43 away.

Targets move as he improves.