People · United States
Rowan Mead
3×3 · top 39.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016MEAD01
Rowan Mead has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.69, set at Nisei Week 2017, puts him in the top 39.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 22,087th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since April 2016, he has put 42 official solves on the record across six events. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.66 in April 2016 to 19.69, a 42% improvement. Rowan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 19.69 | 23.85 | top 39.1% | 22,087 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.48 | 18.69 | top 40.4% | 11,550 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 5.73 | 6.92 | top 48.0% | 19,439 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 10.03 | 15.92 | top 55.1% | 10,007 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 45.85 | — | early days — 3 solves | 10,481 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 2:39.25 | — | early days — 2 solves | 17,938 / 19,072 |
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
- 19 Aug 2017First sub-20 3×3: 19.69 at Nisei Week 2017.
- 25 Feb 2017First sub-30 3×3: 20.88 at Caltech Winter 2017.
- 25 Feb 2017Three personal bests in one day at Caltech Winter 2017.
- 24 Apr 2016First competition: St. Francis II: GYM 2016. A 33.66 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nisei Week 2017 · 19 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Caltech Winter 2017 · 25 Feb 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Caltech Fall 2016 · 12 Nov 2016
- St. Francis II: GYM 2016 · 24 Apr 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.
- Matthew Harris — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
- Nathan Soria — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Isaac Langer — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.69 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
Targets move as he improves.