People · Czech Republic
Sean Clifton
2×2 · top 4.2% of 189,179 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019CLIF04
Sean Clifton has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.90, set at Prague Open 2022, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 67th in the Czech Republic. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since June 2019, he has put 146 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.72 in June 2019 to 1.90, a 67% improvement. Sean has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Czech Republic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.90 | 4.84 | top 4.2% | 67 / 652 | |
| 3×3 | 12.63 | 16.26 | top 16.2% | 252 / 801 | |
| 4×4 | 1:05.71 | 1:11.90 | top 42.6% | 232 / 446 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.33 | 13.87 | top 47.6% | 309 / 469 | |
| 5×5 | 2:01.35 | — | top 50.2% | 139 / 254 | |
| Skewb | 9.52 | 14.14 | top 52.0% | 218 / 328 | |
| Megaminx | 2:52.80 | — | top 71.5% | 145 / 181 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:01.56 | — | early days — 2 solves | 285 / 317 | |
| Square-1 | 1:10.70 | — | early days — 2 solves | 153 / 172 |
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
Best single per competition, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 29 Oct 2022Six personal bests in one day at Prague Open 2022.
- 23 Oct 2021Three personal bests in one day at Chateau Cubing 2021.
- 18 Jan 2020First sub-15 3×3: 12.65 at Berlin Winter Cubing 2020.
- 18 Jan 2020Four personal bests in one day at Berlin Winter Cubing 2020.
- 12 Oct 2019First sub-20 3×3: 19.47 at Franconia Fall 2019.
- 12 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at Franconia Fall 2019.
Competitions
- Prague Open 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Chateau Cubing 2021 · 23 Oct 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Berlin Winter Cubing 2020 · 18 Jan 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Franconia Fall 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Rhein-Neckar Open 2019 · 22 Jun 2019
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.
- Veronika Becková — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Anirudh Yamunan Govindarajan — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Kacper Paweł Dworak — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.