People · Canada
Niall Calvert
2×2 · top 2.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016CALV03
Niall Calvert has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.61, set at Vancouver Open Winter 2018, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 173rd in Canada. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since October 2016, he has put 123 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.56 in October 2016 to 8.30, a 62% improvement. Niall has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.61 | 2.96 | top 2.6% | 173 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 | 8.30 | 10.17 | top 3.3% | 330 / 10,392 | |
| 4×4 | 38.76 | 47.55 | top 10.6% | 249 / 3,118 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.62 | 28.18 | top 24.9% | 541 / 2,620 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.21 | 8.69 | top 29.6% | 1,292 / 4,858 | |
| Skewb | 6.85 | 9.74 | top 32.5% | 800 / 2,907 | |
| 5×5 | 1:39.02 | 1:56.22 | top 34.6% | 430 / 1,499 |
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
- 29 Jun 2019Four personal bests in one day at Downtown Vancouver Summer 2019.
- 6 Jan 2018First sub-10 3×3: 8.69 at Vancouver Open Winter 2018.
- 6 Jan 2018Four personal bests in one day at Vancouver Open Winter 2018.
- 10 Jun 2017First sub-15 3×3: 11.71 at Vancouver Open Summer 2017.
- 7 Jan 2017First sub-20 3×3: 17.76 at Vancouver Open Winter 2017.
- 15 Oct 2016First competition: Vancouver Fall 2016. A 21.56 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Downtown Vancouver Summer 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Vancouver Open Winter 2018 · 6 Jan 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Vancouver Open Summer 2017 · 10 Jun 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Vancouver Open Winter 2017 · 7 Jan 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Fall 2016 · 15 Oct 2016
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.
- Kenny Zhong — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Ethan Rusnak — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Noah Stelting — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
Targets move as he improves.