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Ryan Short

3×3 · top 11.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016SHOR04

Ryan Short has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.43, set at World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017, puts him in the top 11.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 842nd in the United Kingdom. Across 3 competitions since August 2016, he has put 35 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.32 in August 2016 to 11.43, a 41% improvement. Ryan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 11.9% of 284,439 all-time
11.43
signature single · World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017
35
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×311.4314.22
top 11.9%842 / 6,689
2×24.126.12
top 28.0%1,511 / 4,895

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

Oregon 2016: 19.32UK Championship 2016: 15.03World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 11.4311.4319.3227 Aug 201613 Jul 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.43 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.12 away.

Targets move as he improves.