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Rhys Alderton

2×2 · top 30.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017ALDE04

Rhys Alderton has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.33, set at New Kent On The Block 2022, puts him in the top 30.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,233rd in the United States. Across 5 competitions since August 2017, he has put 98 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.77 in August 2017 to 17.67, a 48% improvement. Rhys has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 30.7% of 186,767 all-time
4.33
signature single · New Kent On The Block 2022
98
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×24.335.03
top 30.7%12,233 / 40,951
3×317.6719.98
top 33.1%18,360 / 59,724
Pyraminx9.6914.63
top 50.6%14,692 / 28,708

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

Northwest Championships 2017: 33.77Spokane Summer 2022: 23.18SnoCo Favorites 2022: 18.58New Kent On The Block 2022: 17.67Sleepless in Seattle 2023: 19.1917.6733.7711 Aug 201718 Feb 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.67 away.

Targets move as he improves.