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Kieran Kaempen

3×3 · top 6.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2014 · 2014KAEM01

Kieran Kaempen has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.69, set at Indiana 2015, puts him in the top 6.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,632nd in the United States. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since July 2014, he has put 139 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.55 in July 2014 to 9.69, a 38% improvement. Kieran has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.6% of 284,439 all-time
9.69
signature single · Indiana 2015
139
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.6912.44
top 6.6%3,632 / 59,724
Pyraminx4.787.20
top 11.9%3,081 / 28,708
4×446.4550.28
top 20.1%3,049 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed20.8927.26
top 22.9%2,946 / 15,683
2×24.515.73
top 33.0%13,137 / 40,951
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves39.33
early days — 3 solves738 / 2,040
Skewb7.198.94
top 35.1%5,948 / 18,907
5×51:48.031:51.97
top 41.2%3,335 / 9,401
Megaminx1:58.372:14.38
top 44.8%3,281 / 7,841
6×64:03.664:11.61
early days — 3 solves2,589 / 4,196
7×76:51.207:15.02
early days — 3 solves2,457 / 3,184
3×3 blindfolded5:32.24
early days — 1 solve1,726 / 2,092

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

Dixon Summer 2014: 15.55Wiscube 2014: 11.48Indiana 2015: 9.69Dixon Summer 2015: 10.099.6915.5519 Jul 201427 Jun 2015

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.69 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.78 away.

Targets move as he improves.