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Rio Armstrong

3×3 · top 14.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022ARMS06

Rio Armstrong has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.03, set at Oakville Fall B 2022, puts him in the top 14.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,329th in Canada. Across 5 competitions since August 2022, he has put 67 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.48 in August 2022 to 12.03, a 46% improvement. Rio has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 14.0% of 284,439 all-time
12.03
signature single · Oakville Fall B 2022
67
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×312.0314.79
top 14.0%1,329 / 10,392
Pyraminx6.178.09
top 21.3%896 / 4,858
Skewb6.2611.30
top 27.8%667 / 2,907
2×25.186.53
top 41.6%2,900 / 7,173
4×41:49.16
early days — 3 solves2,250 / 3,118

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

Battle of Waterloo 2022: 22.48Richmond Hill 2022: 15.60Ajax NxNxN 2022: 16.82Oakville Fall B 2022: 12.03Appleby Winter A 2023: 17.2112.0322.4820 Aug 20227 Jan 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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.17 away.

Targets move as he improves.