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Roan Paul

2×2 · top 13.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2022 · 2022PAUL01

Roan Paul has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.95, set at August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023, puts him in the top 13.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 836th in the United Kingdom. Across 6 competitions since January 2022, he has put 196 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.66 in January 2022 to 12.95, a 40% improvement. Roan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 13.7% of 186,767 all-time
2.95
signature single · August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023
196
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 97% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×22.955.14
top 13.7%836 / 4,895
3×312.9514.92
top 17.2%1,166 / 6,689
Pyraminx6.188.69
top 21.3%830 / 3,656
3×3 one-handed23.4129.17
top 29.9%543 / 1,851
Skewb9.9818.15
top 54.8%1,309 / 2,421

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

Wakefield Open 2022: 21.66Farnworth Spring B 2022: 17.86Wakefield Spring 2022: 12.95August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2022: 16.35August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023: 13.37Wiltshire December 2023: 14.7012.9521.6629 Jan 202216 Dec 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.95 away.

Targets move as he improves.