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Liam Howlin

2×2 · top 10.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015HOWL01

Liam Howlin has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.64, set at Montreal Open Winter 2017, puts him in the top 10.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 674th in Canada. Across 4 competitions since November 2015, he has put 74 official solves on the record across four events. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.65 in November 2015 to 2.64, a 53% improvement. Liam has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 10.3% of 186,767 all-time
2.64
signature single · Montreal Open Winter 2017
74
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
2×22.645.33
top 10.3%674 / 7,173
3×316.4220.50
top 29.1%2,821 / 10,392
Skewb7.5310.94
top 37.7%943 / 2,907
3×3 one-handed30.9935.29
top 48.8%1,134 / 2,620

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

Toronto Open Fall 2015: 5.65National Capital Region 2016: 5.02Montreal Open Winter 2017: 2.64National Capital Region 2017: 3.802.645.6528 Nov 201521 May 2017

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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 0.64 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.42 away.

Targets move as he improves.