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Michelle Lowney

2×2 · top 48.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2011 · 2011LOWN01

Michelle Lowney has been competing for 16 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.80, set at Harvard Spring 2011, puts her in the top 48.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19,762nd in the United States. Across 2 competitions since March 2011, she has put 29 official solves on the record across three events. Her 2×2 best has come down from 9.38 in March 2011 to 5.80, a 38% improvement. Michelle has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 48.7% of 186,767 all-time
5.80
signature single · Harvard Spring 2011
29
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×25.809.06
top 48.7%19,762 / 40,951
3×324.3328.50
top 51.1%29,857 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed1:01.401:13.04
top 84.6%12,710 / 15,683

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

MIT Spring 2011: 9.38Harvard Spring 2011: 5.805.809.385 Mar 20112 Apr 2011

Best single per competition, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 5 Mar 2011First competition: MIT Spring 2011. A 26.52 3×3 single to start from.

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 4.33 away.

Targets move as she improves.