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Neil Hanlon

3×3 · top 29.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017HANL02

Neil Hanlon has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.50, set at Newmarket Open 2019, puts him in the top 29.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,850th in Canada. Across 3 competitions since February 2017, he has put 53 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.06 in February 2017 to 16.50, a 58% improvement. Neil has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 29.4% of 284,439 all-time
16.50
signature single · Newmarket Open 2019
53
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×316.5020.45
top 29.4%2,850 / 10,392
2×24.465.08
top 32.4%2,213 / 7,173
Pyraminx8.0210.76
top 36.3%1,664 / 4,858
Skewb7.829.81
top 39.9%1,005 / 2,907
3×3 one-handed34.4443.87
top 56.3%1,338 / 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

Montreal Open Winter 2017: 39.06Newmarket Open 2019: 16.50Appleby Winter B 2023: 18.7616.5039.064 Feb 20178 Jan 2023

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.50 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.46 away.

Targets move as he improves.