People · United States
Taylor Howell
3×3 · top 42.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2008 · 2008HOWE01
Taylor Howell has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.06, set at Utah Spring 2011, puts him in the top 42.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 24,545th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since May 2008, he has put 61 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 43.00 in May 2008 to 21.06, a 51% improvement. Taylor 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 21.06 | 25.05 | top 42.9% | 24,545 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 8.80 | 11.85 | top 72.4% | 29,932 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 2:45.96 | 3:28.12 | top 73.0% | 6,460 / 9,401 | |
| 4×4 | 1:56.97 | 2:09.38 | top 80.3% | 14,897 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 22.66 | 29.30 | top 95.4% | 27,813 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 1:02.96 | — | early days — 1 solve | 8,876 / 8,927 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 18 Oct 2008First sub-30 3×3: 25.58 at Dutch Open 2008.
- 17 May 2008First competition: Utah Open 2008. A 43.00 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Utah Spring 2011 · 26 Mar 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Cubing Fall Open 2009 · 12 Dec 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Open 2009 · 11 Apr 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Open 2008 · 18 Oct 2008 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Open 2008 · 17 May 2008
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.
- Michael Young — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Neil Xia — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Edward Liu — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.06 away.
- A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
Targets move as he improves.