People · Australia
Kyan Cope
2×2 · top 3.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023COPE01
Kyan Cope has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.86, set at Solving In Sale 2024, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 303rd in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since February 2023, he has put 238 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.29 in February 2023 to 11.79, a 55% improvement. Kyan has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.86 | 3.99 | top 3.9% | 303 / 8,567 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.45 | 5.99 | top 10.0% | 459 / 5,993 | |
| Skewb | 4.17 | 8.55 | top 12.1% | 312 / 3,534 | |
| 3×3 | 11.79 | 13.20 | top 13.2% | 1,169 / 11,709 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.23 | 32.38 | top 29.4% | 668 / 2,659 | |
| 4×4 | 1:19.94 | 1:29.38 | top 55.8% | 1,546 / 3,051 | |
| Clock | 17.94 | — | early days — 1 solve | 605 / 1,095 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 10 Feb 2024Six personal bests in one day at Don't Inverloch Up 2024.
- 19 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2024.
- 27 Aug 2023First sub-15 3×3: 11.87 at Melbourne Cubing for Kids Sunday 2023.
- 27 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at Melbourne Cubing for Kids Sunday 2023.
- 15 Apr 2023First sub-20 3×3: 17.21 at Solving in Sale 2023.
- 15 Apr 2023Five personal bests in one day at Solving in Sale 2023.
Competitions
- Solving In Sale 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Don't Inverloch Up 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2024 · 19 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Cranbourne Spring Sunday 2023 · 10 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cubing for Kids Sunday 2023 · 27 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- St Oliver's Speedy Saturday 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Solving in Sale 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Kensington Summer Saturday 2023 · 11 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Emmet Hobbs — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Nicholas Penfold — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 39 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
Targets move as he improves.