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Rowen Naylor

2×2 · top 15.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016NAYL01

Rowen Naylor has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.08, set at Eugene 2016, puts him in the top 15.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,943rd in the United States. Across 8 competitions since May 2016, he has put 127 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.95 in May 2016 to 12.58, a 53% improvement. Rowen has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 15.2% of 186,767 all-time
3.08
signature single · Eugene 2016
127
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.085.10
top 15.2%5,943 / 40,951
3×312.5815.75
top 15.9%8,542 / 59,724
Pyraminx8.149.79
top 37.4%10,631 / 28,708
Skewb7.8616.99
top 40.2%6,936 / 18,907
Megaminx2:33.122:37.97
top 62.7%4,759 / 7,841
4×41:30.53
early days — 3 solves11,213 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed51.451:00.54
top 78.0%11,454 / 15,683

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

Rose City 2016: 26.95US Nationals 2016: 21.85Oregon 2016: 18.57Puget Sound Fall 2016: 16.17PDX Cubing for Dougy 2016: 16.79Eugene 2016: 13.09Keep Portland Weird 2017: 12.58Eugene 3x3 Mania 2017: 14.2512.5826.9521 May 20168 Apr 2017

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 10 Dec 2016First sub-15 3×3: 13.09 at Eugene 2016.
  • 10 Dec 2016Four personal bests in one day at Eugene 2016.
  • 27 Aug 2016First sub-20 3×3: 18.57 at Oregon 2016.
  • 21 May 2016First competition: Rose City 2016. A 26.95 3×3 single to start from.

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.58 away.

Targets move as he improves.