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River Dowse

3×3 · top 23.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022DOWS01

River Dowse has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.64, set at Hampshire Spring 2023, puts him in the top 23.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,551st in the United Kingdom. Across 3 competitions since August 2022, he has put 61 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.60 in August 2022 to 14.64, a 38% improvement. River has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 23.2% of 284,439 all-time
14.64
signature single · Hampshire Spring 2023
61
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×314.6418.45
top 23.2%1,551 / 6,689
2×23.915.99
top 25.3%1,403 / 4,895
3×3 one-handed28.4634.14
top 43.0%756 / 1,851
4×41:42.44
early days — 2 solves1,619 / 2,071

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

August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2022: 23.60Wiltshire Winter 2023: 16.97Hampshire Spring 2023: 14.6414.6423.6027 Aug 202227 May 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 2.64 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.91 away.

Targets move as he improves.