People · United States
Kristen Young
Pyraminx · top 3.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2019 · 2019YOUN01
Kristen Young has been competing for 8 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.95, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 19 2019, puts her in the top 3.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 923rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since January 2019, she has put 187 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her Pyraminx best has come down from 3.57 in January 2019 to 2.95, a 17% improvement. Kristen has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.95 | 3.71 | top 3.5% | 923 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 9.99 | 12.57 | top 7.4% | 4,080 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 4.75 | 8.08 | top 16.3% | 2,566 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 4.46 | 5.29 | top 32.4% | 12,886 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.57 | 1:12.26 | top 39.2% | 6,379 / 19,072 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 23 Apr 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.99 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 31A - Mill Valley 2022.
- 18 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 19 2019.
- 25 May 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.35 at SacCubing VII 2019.
- 5 Jan 2019First competition: SacCubing VI 2019. A 18.12 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 31A - Mill Valley 2022 · 23 Apr 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- SacCubing IX 2020 · 25 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 21 2019 · 1 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- SacCubing VIII 2019 · 8 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 19 2019 · 18 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- SacCubing VII 2019 · 25 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- SacCubing VI 2019 · 5 Jan 2019
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 her.
- Jason Ostdiek — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Varun Mohanraj — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Austin Chen — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.99 away.
Targets move as she improves.