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Kyle Barry

2×2 · top 9.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2007 · 2007BARR02

Kyle Barry has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.58, set at MIT Spring 2011, puts him in the top 9.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,826th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 33 competitions since April 2007, he has put 785 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.62 in April 2007 to 11.61, a 68% improvement. Kyle has entered 33 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 9.7% of 186,767 all-time
2.58
signature single · MIT Spring 2011
785
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.584.66
top 9.7%3,826 / 40,951
3×311.6114.50
top 12.5%6,739 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed20.3327.75
top 21.4%2,737 / 15,683
4×458.911:13.65
top 35.3%5,682 / 19,072
3×3 blindfolded3:02.18—
early days — 3 solves1,125 / 2,092
5×52:13.432:28.84
top 57.3%4,877 / 9,401
Pyraminx13.0820.29
top 73.3%21,740 / 28,708
Square-156.021:10.08
top 81.1%5,416 / 6,743

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

Rutgers Spring competition 2007: 36.62Princeton Open 2008: 24.97Armonk Spring 2008: 20.44Washington DC Open 2008: 25.03Da Vinci Science Center competition 2008: 23.59Westchester Fall 2008: 18.96Newark Winter 2009: 20.66Drexel Winter 2009: 15.05Cumberland Valley Open 2009: 18.27Safe Haven competition 2009: 18.13Connecticut Summer Competition 2009: 18.52MIT Fall 2009: 15.84Brown Cubing Day 2009: 15.81Washington DC Open 2010: 15.55MIT Spring 2010: 16.50Baltimore Spring competition 2010: 13.38Safe Haven competition 2010: 13.02Ohio Open 2010: 15.61Washington DC Spring 2010: 13.38United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010: 11.61Long Island 2010: 13.71Princeton Fall 2010: 15.40Liberty Science Center Open 2010: 12.78St. Joseph's College Winter 2011: 13.43MIT Spring 2011: 12.47Newark Head to Head 2011: 14.47Cornell Spring 2011: 13.41Hackley Summer 2011: 13.44United States National Championships 2011: 14.06Bridgewater Open 2011: 15.40United States National Championships 2012: 15.19Monmouth County Open 2013: 15.4411.6136.6222 Apr 200712 Jan 2013

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.

  • Kian Barry — met in 182 rounds, finished ahead 55 times
  • Bob Burton — met in 125 rounds, finished ahead 83 times
  • Rowe Hessler — met in 122 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.