People · United States
Robert Curtis-Hardy
2×2 · top 8.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016CURT01
Robert Curtis-Hardy has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.46, set at Brooklyn 2018, puts him in the top 8.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,352nd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since May 2016, he has put 262 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 48.30 in May 2016 to 11.81, a 76% improvement. Robert has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.46 | 3.94 | top 8.5% | 3,352 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 11.81 | 14.49 | top 13.2% | 7,094 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 6.11 | 7.98 | top 26.6% | 4,329 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.04 | 10.59 | top 28.2% | 7,768 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 56.29 | 1:00.53 | top 32.3% | 5,122 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.82 | 28.84 | top 36.4% | 4,808 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 2:02.00 | — | top 50.5% | 4,229 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 32.37 | 55.91 | top 53.9% | 3,558 / 6,743 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 8 Jul 2018First sub-15 3×3: 13.75 at Brooklyn 2018.
- 8 Jul 2018Four personal bests in one day at Brooklyn 2018.
- 13 May 2017First sub-20 3×3: 16.60 at Big Cube Bash 2017.
- 13 May 2017Three personal bests in one day at Big Cube Bash 2017.
- 11 Mar 2017Three personal bests in one day at New York City Winter 2017.
- 19 Nov 2016First sub-30 3×3: 28.43 at Hudson Valley Open Fall 2016.
Competitions
- Brooklyn Fall 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Long Island Winter 2019 · 23 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Princeton Winter 2019 · 9 Feb 2019
- Hudson Valley Winter 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- New York City Fall 2018 · 21 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Brooklyn 2018 · 8 Jul 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- New York City Spring 2018 · 21 Apr 2018
- Rutgers Spring 2018 · 31 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Lexington Summer 2017 · 1 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Hudson Valley Spring 2017 · 10 Jun 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Big Cube Bash 2017 · 13 May 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- New York City Winter 2017 · 11 Mar 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Hudson Valley Open Fall 2016 · 19 Nov 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Big Apple Spring 2016 · 21 May 2016
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.
- Chris Chi — met in 54 rounds, never finished ahead
- Livia Kleiner — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead once
- Parker Trager — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.