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Landon Mays
Pyraminx · top 8.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017MAYS01
Landon Mays has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.24, set at Hudson Valley Open 2018, puts him in the top 8.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,289th in the United States. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since October 2017, he has put 166 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.87 in October 2017 to 13.28, a 26% improvement. Landon has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.24 | 10.14 | top 8.9% | 2,289 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 2.81 | 4.18 | top 12.1% | 4,777 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 4.32 | 7.29 | top 13.1% | 2,037 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 14.03 | 21.80 | top 14.2% | 968 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 | 13.28 | 16.45 | top 18.4% | 9,863 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.75 | 28.40 | top 33.6% | 4,416 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:11.42 | 1:17.89 | top 48.3% | 8,067 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 59 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,904 / 2,040 |
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 Mar 2018First sub-15 3×3: 13.28 at Hudson Valley Open 2018.
- 22 Oct 2017First competition: UPenn Cube Day Fall 2017. A 17.87 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kew Forest Open 2018 · 22 Sep 2018
- Brooklyn 2018 · 8 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Meadowlands 2018 · 9 Jun 2018
- River Hill Spring 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Hudson Valley Open 2018 · 24 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Binghamton Winter Cube Day 2018 · 24 Feb 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Penn Cube Day Winter 2018 · 4 Feb 2018
- Hudson Valley Fall 2017 · 5 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- UPenn Cube Day Fall 2017 · 22 Oct 2017
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.
- Nestor Sokhan — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Kymberlyn Calderon — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead once
- Saransh Grover — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.