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Rowan Salyn
Skewb · top 5.0% of 74,164 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023SALY03
Rowan Salyn has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.00, set at Winnipeg Fall Afternoon 2025, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 79th in Canada. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since June 2023, he has put 159 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.96 in June 2023 to 18.29, a 41% improvement. Rowan has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 3.00 | 7.60 | top 5.0% | 79 / 2,928 | |
| 2×2 | 3.16 | 5.12 | top 16.2% | 1,099 / 7,245 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.92 | 8.01 | top 19.4% | 803 / 4,913 | |
| 3×3 | 18.29 | 21.34 | top 35.1% | 3,485 / 10,502 | |
| Clock | 12.82 | 13.87 | top 38.8% | 351 / 1,057 | |
| 4×4 | 1:32.99 | 1:35.64 | top 65.9% | 1,912 / 3,180 |
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
- 25 Jul 2026First sub-20 3×3: 18.29 at Carberry Open 2026.
- 14 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at Grand Forks 2024.
- 17 Feb 2024First sub-30 3×3: 26.43 at Winterpeg 2024.
- 17 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Winterpeg 2024.
- 17 Jun 2023First competition: Winnipeg Open 2023. A 30.96 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Winnipeg Fall 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Carberry Open 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Winnipeg Spring 2026 · 18 Apr 2026
- Winnipeg Fall Afternoon 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Grand Forks 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Winnipeg Open 2024 · 17 Aug 2024
- Winterpeg 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Winnipeg Open 2023 · 17 Jun 2023
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.
- Mia Willow Pahl — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead once
- Emma Kemp — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead once
- Deven Huard-Bernuy — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,031 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.