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Sean Findlay

2×2 · top 2.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016FIND01

Sean Findlay has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.48, set at Swisscubing Better Be Quick 2018, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 164th in the United Kingdom. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since December 2016, he has put 631 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.14 in December 2016 to 10.71, a 57% improvement. Sean has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.1% of 186,767 all-time
1.48
signature single · Swisscubing Better Be Quick 2018
631
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 50% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×21.484.66
top 2.1%164 / 4,895
3×310.7114.19
top 9.6%696 / 6,689
Square-115.0828.24
top 16.7%165 / 778
4×446.9851.88
top 20.8%462 / 2,071
Pyraminx8.5810.82
top 41.2%1,676 / 3,656
3×3 one-handed29.5935.97
top 45.7%804 / 1,851
Skewb11.4413.46
top 63.2%1,536 / 2,421
5×52:40.49—
top 70.7%877 / 1,151
3×3 blindfolded4:19.32—
top 72.3%259 / 311
Megaminx2:55.873:03.72
top 72.6%814 / 966
7×78:53.63—
early days — 1 solve435 / 459

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

Wiehnachtswürfelä z Bärn 2016: 25.14Swisscubing Cup II 2017: 22.65Wiler Würfelfest 2017: 16.39Swisscubing Cup Final 2017: 15.59Zurich Open 2017: 13.40Suisse Toy Fast Fingers 2017: 14.55Swiss Nationals 2017: 16.44Belfort Open 2018: 15.84Xlingen Open 2018: 16.73Wiler Würfelfest 2018: 14.99Zurich Open 2018: 14.27Zentralschweiz 2018: 14.98Peterborough Open 2018: 15.00Swisscubing Better Be Quick 2018: 14.56Swisscubing Cup III 2018: 14.02Argovia Open 2018: 13.17Swisscubing Cup Final 2018: 14.50D-City Cubing 2019: 14.58Zentralschweiz 2019: 14.17Wiler Würfelfest 2019: 12.98Swiss Nationals 2019: 14.26Swisscubing Cup III 2019: 12.87LYN Cubing Days 2019: 13.71Swisscubing Cup IV 2019: 11.77Swisscubing Cup V 2019: 10.71Basel Open 2020: 12.7510.7125.1410 Dec 201615 Feb 2020

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 0.48 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.71 away.

Targets move as he improves.