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Kyan van den Heuvel

2×2 · top 7.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017HEUV01

Kyan van den Heuvel has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.31, set at SNZ Northern 2018, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 158th in New Zealand. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since March 2017, he has put 147 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.27 in March 2017 to 12.60, a 60% improvement. Kyan has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 7.1% of 186,767 all-time
2.31
signature single · SNZ Northern 2018
147
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
2×22.316.04
top 7.1%158 / 1,615
3×312.6014.61
top 16.0%328 / 2,095
Pyraminx7.8810.82
top 35.2%463 / 1,141

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

Cubing Classic 2017: 31.27Techweek NZ 2017: 19.54Hamilton Spring 2017: 19.63NxNZ Open 2018: 19.06SNZ Southern 2018: 13.49SNZ Northern 2018: 13.18Auckland Spring 2018: 13.59New Zealand Nationals 2018: 13.32New Zealand Nationals 2019: 14.17A New Year in Auckland 2021: 12.60Auckland Matariki Open 2024: 12.7512.6031.2718 Mar 201728 Jun 2024

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.60 away.

Targets move as he improves.