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Paull Kelly

2×2 · top 69.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018KELL11

Paull Kelly has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 8.30, set at Simple Sydney Saturday 2023, puts him in the top 69.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,707th in Australia. Across 18 competitions since November 2018, he has put 191 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one; 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 53.91 in November 2018 to 39.48, a 27% improvement. Paull has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 69.7% of 186,767 all-time
8.30
signature single · Simple Sydney Saturday 2023
191
official solves on the record
19%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 98% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×28.3014.74
top 69.7%5,707 / 8,567
Skewb12.8417.40
top 70.0%2,370 / 3,534
3×339.4845.89
top 76.3%8,830 / 11,709
Pyraminx14.5421.03
top 80.1%4,885 / 5,993
Clock37.68
early days — 2 solves1,009 / 1,095

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

Odd Day in Sydney 2018: 53.91Cool Down Sydney 2019: 50.82Koalafication Sydney 2019: 50.08Harold Park Classic 2019: 41.55Fortitude Sydney 2019: 47.92Odd Day in Sydney 2019: 46.26Sydney Open 2019: 47.27Adelaide Summer 2020: 44.27Enjoyable Sydney Gathering 2020: 42.03Marrickville Autumn Saturday 2021: 41.68NSW Open 2022: 49.21Marrickville Mini Open AM 2022: 53.27South Coast Spring 2022: 42.63Cubing at The Cube Sunday 2023: 48.76North Sydney Cube Day 2023: 44.65Marrickville Mini May Open 2023: 39.48Simple Sydney Saturday 2023: 40.01Tramsheds X: Winter Saturday 2026: 44.7039.4853.9111 Nov 201829 Aug 2026

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.

  • John Cook — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
  • Bryan Eng — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Sam van Vliet — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
  • A sub-12 Skewb single — 48,404 people have one; it is 0.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.