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Ryan Byford

3×3 · top 54.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2008 · 2008BYFO01

Ryan Byford has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 26.05, set at Chattahoochee Spring competition 2009, puts him in the top 54.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 32,269th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since October 2008, he has put 15 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 42.94 in October 2008 to 26.05, a 39% improvement. Ryan has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 54.9% of 284,439 all-time
26.05
signature single · Chattahoochee Spring competition 2009
15
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×326.0532.69
top 54.9%32,269 / 59,724
4×42:57.09
early days — 1 solve18,482 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed2:56.06
early days — 1 solve15,630 / 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

Decatur Open 2008: 42.94Chattahoochee Spring competition 2009: 26.0526.0542.9418 Oct 200821 Mar 2009

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 1.05 away.
  • A sub-2:00 4×4 single — 68,574 people have one; it is 57.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.