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Paul Taylor

Pyraminx · top 1.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since February 2016 · 2016TAYL02

Paul Taylor has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.29, set at World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 442nd in the United States. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since February 2016, he has put 1,074 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.44 in February 2016 to 7.98, a 51% improvement. Paul has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 1.7% of 129,321 all-time
2.29
signature single · World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017
1,074
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx2.293.99
top 1.7%442 / 28,708
3×3 Multi-Blind33 of 37 cubes · 1:00:00—
top 1.7%17 / 731
3×3 blindfolded22.6425.13
top 2.3%46 / 2,092
3×37.9810.31
top 2.8%1,587 / 59,724
2×21.933.23
top 4.3%1,705 / 40,951
4×4 blindfolded2:45.493:08.34
top 6.8%25 / 440
Skewb3.564.64
top 8.1%1,246 / 18,907
4×438.1544.98
top 9.9%1,483 / 19,072
5×51:09.461:16.90
top 11.2%869 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed16.4619.75
top 11.3%1,479 / 15,683
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves34.33
top 12.2%280 / 2,040
5×5 blindfolded7:31.37—
top 12.3%25 / 218
Square-115.4519.09
top 17.5%1,184 / 6,743
Megaminx1:22.391:30.69
top 23.3%1,601 / 7,841
Clock9.8110.24
top 24.1%1,852 / 8,927
7×74:22.734:44.80
top 38.6%1,079 / 3,184
6×62:56.713:04.18
top 39.4%1,436 / 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

Melrose Winter 2016: 16.44Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2016: 12.78WPI Winter Cube Day 2017: 12.09Weston Spring 2017: 11.11Maybe Melrose Spring 2017: 9.95World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 10.19WPI Fall Cube Fest 2017: 8.65Weston Fall 2017: 9.01Cubing with the Viking 2017: 10.07BA Cube Fest 2018: 10.03BU Spring 2018: 9.74Connect Community 2018: 8.90MIT Fall 2018: 10.02BA Fall Cube Fest 2018: 9.78The Battle of Lexington 2018: 9.41Boston University Winter 2019: 9.88Salem Cube Trials 2019: 7.98The Battle of Lexington 2019: 8.48CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 9.31Winchester Weeknights II 2023: 10.307.9816.4420 Feb 20165 Jul 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.

  • Will Russo — met in 174 rounds, finished ahead 95 times
  • James Quinn — met in 165 rounds, finished ahead 70 times
  • Alex Cohen — met in 136 rounds, finished ahead 97 times

Next targets

  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 blindfolded single — 166 people have one; it is 2.64 away.

Targets move as he improves.