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Ryan Knapton

3×3 · top 41.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2003 · 2003KNAP01

Ryan Knapton has been competing for 23 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.62, set at US Nationals 2004, puts him in the top 41.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 23,791st in the United States. Across 2 competitions since August 2003, he has put 14 official solves on the record across one event. Ryan has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 41.7% of 284,439 all-time
20.62
signature single · US Nationals 2004
14
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×320.6225.01
top 41.7%23,791 / 59,724

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

World Rubik's Games Championship 2003: 22.60US Nationals 2004: 20.6220.6222.6023 Aug 200310 Jul 2004

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.

  • Doug Li — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Brent Morgan — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Lars Petrus — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead once

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.62 away.

Targets move as he improves.