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Patrick Neely
3×3 · top 6.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016NEEL01
Patrick Neely has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.53, set at Berwick Fall 2023, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,415th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since June 2016, he has put 109 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.71 in June 2016 to 9.53, a 58% improvement. Patrick 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.53 | 11.01 | top 6.2% | 3,415 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.52 | 6.34 | top 10.3% | 2,692 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 2.89 | 3.30 | top 13.0% | 5,116 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 59.77 | 1:02.50 | top 36.2% | 5,841 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 8.34 | 9.68 | top 43.9% | 7,705 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 29.05 | 40.70 | top 47.6% | 3,099 / 6,743 | |
| Clock | 18.25 | 20.05 | top 59.5% | 5,004 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 37.20 | 49.24 | top 61.1% | 8,609 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 2:21.02 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,296 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 4:07.02 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,641 / 4,196 |
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
- 16 Sep 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.53 at Berwick Fall 2023.
- 16 Sep 2023Seven personal bests in one day at Berwick Fall 2023.
- 22 Apr 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.67 at Red Cross Cubing Open 2017.
- 22 Apr 2017Four personal bests in one day at Red Cross Cubing Open 2017.
- 22 Oct 2016First sub-20 3×3: 16.02 at Princeton Fall 2016.
- 4 Jun 2016First competition: Cube4Cam 2016. A 22.71 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Berwick Fall 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- Meadowlands 2017 · 3 Jun 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Red Cross Cubing Open 2017 · 22 Apr 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Princeton Fall 2016 · 22 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube4Cam 2016 · 4 Jun 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.
- Daniel Karnaukh — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Luigi Soriano — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ernie Pulchny — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.53 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.