People · United Kingdom
Rowena Mead
3×3 · top 17.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2012 · 2012MEAD02
Rowena Mead has been competing for 14 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.01, set at UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2014, puts her in the top 17.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,175th in the United Kingdom. Across 8 competitions since November 2012, she has put 196 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 19.72 in November 2012 to 13.01, a 34% improvement. Rowena 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 | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 13.01 | 15.49 | top 17.5% | 1,175 / 6,689 | |
| Megaminx | 1:31.49 | 1:43.54 | top 29.2% | 334 / 966 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.56 | 10.65 | top 32.6% | 1,312 / 3,656 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.11 | 35.40 | top 37.1% | 657 / 1,851 | |
| 2×2 | 5.16 | 6.16 | top 41.3% | 2,166 / 4,895 | |
| 4×4 | 1:05.59 | 1:17.22 | top 42.4% | 917 / 2,071 | |
| 5×5 | 3:16.89 | — | top 83.2% | 1,043 / 1,151 |
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
- 1 Nov 2014Six personal bests in one day at UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2014.
- 22 Feb 2014Four personal bests in one day at Nottingham Open 2014.
- 16 Nov 2013First sub-15 3×3: 14.44 at UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2013.
- 16 Nov 2013Three personal bests in one day at UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2013.
- 4 May 2013Six personal bests in one day at Nottingham Open 2013.
- 3 Nov 2012First competition: UK Open 2012. A 19.72 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- London Open 2017 · 8 Jul 2017
- Guildford Open 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016 · 15 Jul 2016
- UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2014 · 1 Nov 2014 — 6 personal bests set
- Nottingham Open 2014 · 22 Feb 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2013 · 16 Nov 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Nottingham Open 2013 · 4 May 2013 — 6 personal bests set
- UK Open 2012 · 3 Nov 2012
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 her.
- Robert Yau — met in 47 rounds, never finished ahead
- Callum Hales-Jepp — met in 47 rounds, never finished ahead
- Daniel Sheppard — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.01 away.
- A sub-1:30 Megaminx single — 9,803 people have one; it is 1.49 away.
Targets move as she improves.