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Rowan Kinneavy

2×2 · top 0.98% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2008 · 2008KINN01

Rowan Kinneavy has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.18, set at United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010, puts him in the top 0.98% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 83rd in the United Kingdom. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since November 2008, he has put 697 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.33 in November 2008 to 7.71, a 56% improvement. Rowan has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.98% of 186,767 all-time
1.18
signature single · United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010
697
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×21.183.15
top 0.98%83 / 4,895
3×37.719.17
top 2.3%186 / 6,689
3×3 one-handed14.5318.90
top 7.1%142 / 1,851
4×443.2848.23
top 16.1%370 / 2,071
5×51:23.611:32.01
top 22.1%291 / 1,151
Pyraminx6.4613.53
top 23.5%923 / 3,656
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves
early days — 2 solves196 / 372
Square-131.0239.90
top 51.2%454 / 778
Megaminx2:13.192:24.07
top 52.8%602 / 966
6×64:22.904:44.53
early days — 3 solves419 / 548

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

UK Open 2008: 17.33UK Masters 2009: 11.36UK Open 2009: 11.18Bristol Open 2009: 11.19Bristol Spring 2010: 11.09UK Nationals 2010: 10.44United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010: 9.77Toronto Open Summer 2010: 9.88UK Open 2010: 7.71Guildford Summer Open 2011: 9.56UK Open 2011: 9.27Rapid Dash Open 2012: 8.11UK Open 2012: 8.31August Bank Holiday Competition 2016: 7.72UK Championship 2016: 7.88Manchester Open 2019: 8.107.7117.338 Nov 200816 Feb 2019

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.71 away.

Targets move as he improves.