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Rowan Curtin Illien

3×3 · top 15.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019ILLI01

Rowan Curtin Illien has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.56, set at Tuam Re-Open Saturday 2021, puts him in the top 15.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 215th in Ireland. Across 4 competitions since April 2019, he has put 172 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.32 in April 2019 to 12.56, a 27% improvement. Rowan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 15.9% of 284,439 all-time
12.56
signature single · Tuam Re-Open Saturday 2021
172
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIreland
3×312.5614.12
top 15.9%215 / 1,427
Megaminx1:24.771:31.19
top 24.8%76 / 283
5×51:30.691:39.67
top 27.9%83 / 296
Pyraminx7.3513.15
top 30.8%356 / 911
4×457.1859.30
top 33.3%160 / 579
3×3 one-handed24.8932.60
top 33.9%127 / 448
Square-122.7925.28
top 34.2%77 / 194
2×24.646.56
top 34.7%433 / 1,163
7×74:21.934:34.12
top 38.3%43 / 108
Skewb7.658.99
top 38.7%251 / 624
6×62:55.743:04.91
top 39.0%61 / 142

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

Cork Open 2019: 17.32Irish Championship 2019: 13.00Every Event Éire 2019: 12.89Tuam Re-Open Saturday 2021: 12.5612.5617.3213 Apr 201927 Nov 2021

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 0.56 away.
  • A sub-1:00 Megaminx single — 3,483 people have one; it is 24.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.