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Willis Howell

3×3 · top 57.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2016 · 2016HOWE02

Willis Howell has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 27.17, set at Shaker Heights 2016, puts him in the top 57.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 33,794th in the United States. Across 1 competition since February 2016, he has put 15 official solves on the record across four events.

3×3
best event — top 57.2% of 284,439 all-time
27.17
signature single · Shaker Heights 2016
15
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×327.1738.99
top 57.2%33,794 / 59,724
2×27.3112.39
top 62.9%25,888 / 40,951
Pyraminx13.2215.29
top 74.1%21,968 / 28,708
4×42:55.63
early days — 1 solve18,446 / 19,072

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 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.

  • Blair Beck — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
  • Evan Bell — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Steve Greer — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead twice

Next targets

  • A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 2.17 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.31 away.

Targets move as he improves.