People · United Kingdom
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.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.18 | 3.15 | top 0.98% | 83 / 4,895 | |
| 3×3 | 7.71 | 9.17 | top 2.3% | 186 / 6,689 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.53 | 18.90 | top 7.1% | 142 / 1,851 | |
| 4×4 | 43.28 | 48.23 | top 16.1% | 370 / 2,071 | |
| 5×5 | 1:23.61 | 1:32.01 | top 22.1% | 291 / 1,151 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.46 | 13.53 | top 23.5% | 923 / 3,656 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 40 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 196 / 372 | |
| Square-1 | 31.02 | 39.90 | top 51.2% | 454 / 778 | |
| Megaminx | 2:13.19 | 2:24.07 | top 52.8% | 602 / 966 | |
| 6×6 | 4:22.90 | 4:44.53 | early days — 3 solves | 419 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 30 Jul 2011Four personal bests in one day at Guildford Summer Open 2011.
- 6 Nov 2010Three personal bests in one day at UK Open 2010.
- 6 Aug 2010First sub-10 3×3: 9.77 at United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010.
- 6 Aug 2010Three personal bests in one day at United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010.
- 5 Jun 2010Five personal bests in one day at UK Nationals 2010.
- 27 Mar 2010Five personal bests in one day at Bristol Spring 2010.
Competitions
- Manchester Open 2019 · 16 Feb 2019
- UK Championship 2016 · 4 Nov 2016
- August Bank Holiday Competition 2016 · 27 Aug 2016
- UK Open 2012 · 3 Nov 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Rapid Dash Open 2012 · 14 Apr 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- UK Open 2011 · 12 Nov 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Guildford Summer Open 2011 · 30 Jul 2011 — 4 personal bests set
- UK Open 2010 · 6 Nov 2010 — 3 personal bests set
- Toronto Open Summer 2010 · 14 Aug 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010 · 6 Aug 2010 — 3 personal bests set
- UK Nationals 2010 · 5 Jun 2010 — 5 personal bests set
- Bristol Spring 2010 · 27 Mar 2010 — 5 personal bests set
- Bristol Open 2009 · 21 Nov 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- UK Open 2009 · 7 Nov 2009 — 6 personal bests set
- UK Masters 2009 · 11 Jul 2009 — 3 personal bests set
- UK Open 2008 · 8 Nov 2008 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Joey Gouly — met in 142 rounds, finished ahead 86 times
- Thom Barlow — met in 115 rounds, finished ahead 73 times
- Daniel Sheppard — met in 93 rounds, finished ahead 65 times
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.