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Kieran McCarthy

2×2 · top 27.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2016 · 2016MCCA04

Kieran McCarthy has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.05, set at Poly Cubed 2016, puts him in the top 27.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,715th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since February 2016, he has put 50 official solves on the record across five events. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.55 in February 2016 to 4.05, a 27% improvement. Kieran has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 27.1% of 186,767 all-time
4.05
signature single · Poly Cubed 2016
50
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×24.056.03
top 27.1%10,715 / 40,951
3×317.6521.95
top 33.0%18,326 / 59,724
Pyraminx8.1012.26
top 37.0%10,506 / 28,708
Skewb10.4415.97
top 57.7%10,531 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed1:15.60
early days — 1 solve13,968 / 15,683

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

Caltech Winter 2016: 5.55St. Francis II: GYM 2016: 5.05Poly Cubed 2016: 4.054.055.5520 Feb 20167 May 2016

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.