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Rowan Yardley

Skewb · top 35.8% of 73,281 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016YARD01

Rowan Yardley has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 7.27, set at London Open 2017, puts him in the top 35.8% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 848th in the United Kingdom. Across 4 competitions since October 2016, he has put 100 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. Rowan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 35.8% of 73,281 all-time
7.27
signature single · London Open 2017
100
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
Skewb7.2710.50
top 35.8%848 / 2,421
2×24.816.10
top 36.9%1,961 / 4,895
3×319.9921.52
top 39.9%2,747 / 6,689
Pyraminx9.2810.33
top 47.2%1,923 / 3,656
Megaminx2:55.14
top 72.3%810 / 966
4×41:55.37
early days — 2 solves1,794 / 2,071

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

Guildford Open 2016: 20.54UK Championship 2016: 20.58London Open 2017: 20.48Weston-super-Mare Open 2017: 19.9919.9920.581 Oct 201625 Nov 2017

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.

  • James Molloy — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Evan Liu — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Robert Yau — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-6 Skewb single — 18,841 people have one; it is 1.27 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.81 away.

Targets move as he improves.