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Patrick Kelly

3×3 · top 7.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2007 · 2007KELL02

Patrick Kelly has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.09, set at Colorado Springs Open 2011, puts him in the top 7.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,256th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since June 2007, he has put 819 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.27 in June 2007 to 10.09, a 42% improvement. Patrick has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.7% of 284,439 all-time
10.09
signature single · Colorado Springs Open 2011
819
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×310.0912.41
top 7.7%4,256 / 59,724
2×23.134.97
top 15.8%6,173 / 40,951
4×443.5251.82
top 16.4%2,494 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed20.6526.31
top 22.3%2,859 / 15,683
5×51:32.641:34.42
top 29.5%2,326 / 9,401
Square-121.9432.83
top 32.3%2,090 / 6,743
3×3 blindfolded2:14.59—
top 38.1%801 / 2,092
Pyraminx9.5617.17
top 49.5%14,359 / 28,708
Megaminx2:22.33—
early days — 2 solves4,329 / 7,841

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

US Open 2007: 17.27Denver Open 2008: 15.15Boulder 2008: 14.33Denver Open 2009: 13.61Aurora Summer competition 2009: 13.53US Nationals 2009: 13.96World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009: 13.56UK Open 2009: 13.16UK Nationals 2010: 10.69United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010: 14.15Denver Open 2010: 12.81Colorado Springs Open 2011: 10.09UK Open 2011: 11.78Colorado Springs 2012: 12.33United States National Championships 2012: 13.06Thailand Championship 2013: 11.96World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 12.54Thailand Championship 2014: 12.56Colorado Springs Open 2015: 10.51Bangkok Cube Day Summer 2018: 11.56Thailand Championship 2018: 10.39Thailand 10th Anniversary 2019: 10.5210.0917.2716 Jun 200727 Jul 2019

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.

  • Jackson Warley — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead 49 times
  • Joey Gouly — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
  • AJ Blair — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 32 times

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.13 away.

Targets move as he improves.