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Ryan Schubert

2×2 · top 3.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2015 · 2015SCHU05

Ryan Schubert has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.78, set at Veterans Day Open 2017, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,363rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since August 2015, he has put 167 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.41 in August 2015 to 9.32, a 52% improvement. Ryan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.5% of 186,767 all-time
1.78
signature single · Veterans Day Open 2017
167
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.783.39
top 3.5%1,363 / 40,951
3×39.3211.14
top 5.6%3,142 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed16.4621.19
top 11.3%1,479 / 15,683
Pyraminx7.6712.11
top 33.4%9,423 / 28,708
4×41:02.371:06.45
top 39.0%6,345 / 19,072
Skewb13.3214.65
top 72.1%13,604 / 18,907

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

Northern Colorado Summer 2015: 19.41Longmont Cube Open 2017: 11.591 Body Cubing 2017: 10.94Veterans Day Open 2017: 9.40Pikes Peak 2019: 9.329.3219.4122 Aug 201522 Jun 2019

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.32 away.

Targets move as he improves.