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Kirk Lindbeck

3×3 · top 23.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017LIND04

Kirk Lindbeck has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.81, set at Cerritos Open 2018, puts him in the top 23.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,896th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since March 2017, he has put 60 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.06 in March 2017 to 14.81, a 52% improvement. Kirk has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 23.8% of 284,439 all-time
14.81
signature single · Cerritos Open 2018
60
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×314.8117.50
top 23.8%12,896 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed28.3235.99
top 42.7%5,751 / 15,683
2×25.426.01
top 44.4%17,908 / 40,951
4×41:16.86
top 53.3%9,054 / 19,072
Megaminx3:44.60
early days — 2 solves6,983 / 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

Qualifornia 2017: 31.06OCSEF Open 2017: 23.16Nisei Week 2017: 19.81Newport Fall 2017: 16.32Cerritos Open 2018: 14.81Anaheim Fall 2018: 15.3614.8131.0625 Mar 201715 Sep 2018

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.81 away.
  • A sub-25 3×3 one-handed single — 25,198 people have one; it is 3.32 away.

Targets move as he improves.