People · New Zealand
Kian Jones
3×3 · top 9.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017JONE02
Kian Jones has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.68, set at Ōtepoti Big Cubes 2024, puts him in the top 9.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 208th in New Zealand. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since January 2017, he has put 70 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.45 in January 2017 to 10.68, a 45% improvement. Kian 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 | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.68 | 13.98 | top 9.5% | 208 / 2,095 | |
| 4×4 | 53.64 | 1:02.68 | top 29.1% | 188 / 722 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.24 | 11.17 | top 38.2% | 506 / 1,141 | |
| 5×5 | 1:44.17 | 2:23.55 | top 38.5% | 129 / 355 | |
| 2×2 | 5.45 | 6.41 | top 44.8% | 768 / 1,615 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 41.71 | 43.69 | top 67.7% | 375 / 600 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 51 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 96 / 111 |
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
- 15 Jun 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.59 at Ōtepoti Big Cubes 2024.
- 15 Jun 2024Five personal bests in one day at Ōtepoti Big Cubes 2024.
- 28 Jan 2017First competition: Mind Games 2017. A 19.45 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ōtepoti Big Cubes 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- SNZ Northern 2017 · 23 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Mind Games 2017 · 28 Jan 2017
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.
- Tom Stanton-Barnett — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead once
- Aneurin Hunt — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tom Nelson — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
- A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 3.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.