People · United States
Kyle Keating
3×3 · top 7.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2015 · 2015KEAT01
Kyle Keating has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.01, set at Washtenaw Qualifiers 2024, puts him in the top 7.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,115th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since July 2015, he has put 279 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.31 in July 2015 to 10.01, a 66% improvement. Kyle 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.01 | 11.62 | top 7.5% | 4,115 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.58 | 3.26 | top 9.7% | 3,826 / 40,951 | |
| Megaminx | 1:00.57 | 1:12.03 | top 10.3% | 710 / 7,841 | |
| 4×4 | 40.78 | 46.53 | top 13.0% | 1,930 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 5.41 | 7.68 | top 21.3% | 3,396 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 1:28.63 | 1:37.80 | top 26.2% | 2,047 / 9,401 |
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
- 24 May 2024Seven personal bests in one day at Washtenaw Qualifiers 2024.
- 8 Jul 2023Four personal bests in one day at Michigan 2023.
- 19 Aug 2022Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2022.
- 13 Aug 2016First sub-15 3×3: 14.98 at Michigan 2016.
- 19 Dec 2015First sub-20 3×3: 19.47 at Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2015.
- 10 Jul 2015First competition: Michigan 2015. A 29.31 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Michigan Championship 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Washtenaw Qualifiers 2024 · 24 May 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Michigan 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2022 · 19 Aug 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2020 · 22 Feb 2020
- Battle of Waterloo 2019 · 14 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Blue Water Winter 2019 · 9 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2019 · 20 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan 2018 · 10 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan 2017 · 19 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Michigan 2016 · 13 Aug 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2016 · 26 Mar 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2015 · 19 Dec 2015 — 1 personal best set
- MCC Gamma 2015 · 13 Sep 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan 2015 · 10 Jul 2015
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 Hildreth — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Yuxuan Chen (陈雨璇) — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Jack Engledow — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
Targets move as he improves.