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Vance Kalkowski

3×3 · top 39.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024KALK01

Vance Kalkowski has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.98, set at Green Spring 2024, puts him in the top 39.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 22,618th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since February 2024, he has put 45 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.74 in February 2024 to 19.98, a 19% improvement. Vance has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 39.9% of 284,439 all-time
19.98
signature single · Green Spring 2024
45
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×319.9822.01
top 39.9%22,618 / 59,724
Pyraminx9.3412.88
top 47.7%13,778 / 28,708
2×26.649.08
top 57.3%23,462 / 40,951
4×41:28.11
top 62.2%10,869 / 19,072
5×52:55.23
early days — 2 solves6,853 / 9,401

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

Eastwood Cubing 2024: 24.74Plum Puzzles 2024: 20.51Green Spring 2024: 19.9819.9824.7417 Feb 20241 Jun 2024

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.98 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 1.34 away.

Targets move as he improves.