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Ryan Scott

3×3 · top 5.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017SCOT01

Ryan Scott has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.16, set at Indianapolis Fall 2018, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,928th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since January 2017, he has put 153 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.69 in January 2017 to 9.16, a 33% improvement. Ryan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.2% of 284,439 all-time
9.16
signature single · Indianapolis Fall 2018
153
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.1610.79
top 5.2%2,928 / 59,724
4×441.8146.11
top 14.3%2,130 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed18.5524.36
top 16.5%2,149 / 15,683
5×51:22.931:29.03
top 21.5%1,666 / 9,401
2×23.834.92
top 24.3%9,537 / 40,951
6×63:07.003:10.28
top 44.2%1,633 / 4,196

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

Dayton Winter 2017: 13.69Queen City 2017: 13.09Sunny Showdown 2018: 11.32Cardinal Bird Fiesta 2018: 9.83Indianapolis Fall 2018: 9.16Derby City Open 2019: 9.419.1613.697 Jan 201716 Feb 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.16 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 1.81 away.

Targets move as he improves.