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Ryan Cangelosi

2×2 · top 6.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2010 · 2010CANG01

Ryan Cangelosi has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.22, set at St. Joseph's College Winter 2012, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,535th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since August 2010, he has put 214 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.55 in August 2010 to 14.16, a 42% improvement. Ryan has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 6.4% of 186,767 all-time
2.22
signature single · St. Joseph's College Winter 2012
214
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.226.94
top 6.4%2,535 / 40,951
3×314.1616.53
top 21.5%11,629 / 59,724
Pyraminx7.9712.88
top 35.9%10,162 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed25.6843.48
top 36.0%4,759 / 15,683
4×41:47.422:07.10
top 75.2%13,715 / 19,072
5×53:50.90
top 90.4%8,515 / 9,401
3×3 Fewest Moves57 moves
early days — 1 solve1,859 / 2,040

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

Long Island 2010: 24.55Liberty Science Center Open 2010: 22.21St. Joseph's College Winter 2011: 22.15Newark Head to Head 2011: 19.86Park Ridge Open 2011: 14.86Captain's Cove competition 2011: 17.09Hackley Summer 2011: 18.06Princeton Fall 2011: 14.16Liberty Science Center Open 2011: 17.11Bridgewater Open 2011: 16.18St. Joseph's College Winter 2012: 15.18Liberty Science Center Open 2013: 17.0614.1624.5521 Aug 201014 Dec 2013

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.