People · Canada
Kyan Barnett
2×2 · top 0.87% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016BARN02
Kyan Barnett has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.14, set at Canada's Best in the West 2018, puts him in the top 0.87% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 57th in Canada. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since May 2016, he has put 494 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.81 in May 2016 to 1.14, a 76% improvement. Kyan has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.14 | 2.64 | top 0.87% | 57 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 | 8.08 | 10.06 | top 2.9% | 295 / 10,392 | |
| Skewb | 3.38 | 4.58 | top 7.0% | 133 / 2,907 | |
| Square-1 | 12.64 | 18.02 | top 11.2% | 90 / 952 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.90 | 7.44 | top 12.6% | 477 / 4,858 | |
| 4×4 | 47.37 | 52.47 | top 21.3% | 538 / 3,118 | |
| Megaminx | 1:21.45 | 1:42.31 | top 22.8% | 205 / 1,375 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.10 | 37.11 | top 44.6% | 1,021 / 2,620 | |
| 5×5 | 2:10.54 | 2:20.08 | top 55.8% | 735 / 1,499 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 29 Aug 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.61 at Calgary Fall 2026.
- 29 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Calgary Fall 2026.
- 27 Jul 2019Five personal bests in one day at Sherwood Park Summer 2019.
- 24 Aug 2018Six personal bests in one day at Canada's Best in the West 2018.
- 26 May 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.91 at Battle for Foothills Limited 2018.
- 26 May 2018Three personal bests in one day at Battle for Foothills Limited 2018.
Competitions
- Calgary Fall 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Solved Central Alberta 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Strathcona 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Sherwood Park Summer 2019 · 27 Jul 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Foothills Final Fight 2019 · 25 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Canada's Wild West 2019 · 9 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Foothills Fright 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Canada's Best in the West 2018 · 24 Aug 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Battle for Foothills Limited 2018 · 26 May 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing Under the Stars 2018 · 20 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Foothills Fall 2017 · 21 Oct 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Sherwood Park Open Summer 2017 · 26 Aug 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Canadian Open 2017 · 15 Jul 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Calgary Limited Fall 2016 · 26 Nov 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Calgary Open Spring 2016 · 28 May 2016
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.
- James Deibert — met in 97 rounds, finished ahead 39 times
- Noah Wilde — met in 95 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Ryan Yasinko — met in 88 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.