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Ryan Lei

2×2 · top 6.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016LEIR01

Ryan Lei has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.21, set at Perth Summer 2017, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 458th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since August 2016, he has put 76 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.09 in August 2016 to 12.84, a 42% improvement. Ryan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 6.3% of 186,767 all-time
2.21
signature single · Perth Summer 2017
76
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×22.213.49
top 6.3%458 / 8,567
Skewb3.386.38
top 7.0%200 / 3,534
3×312.8414.21
top 16.9%1,504 / 11,709
3×3 one-handed26.1347.90
top 37.2%852 / 2,659
4×41:08.801:20.00
top 45.7%1,225 / 3,051

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

Australian Nationals 2016: 22.09Sydney Championship 2016: 14.78Perth Summer 2017: 12.8412.8422.0920 Aug 201622 Jan 2017

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 0.21 away.
  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.