obelisk477
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I always get discouraged looking at world records, which can dissuade me from practicing events that I don't normally practice. But I had a thought -- if you want to become the best cuber in the world, you don't need to break any records (though some may disagree, of course), you just need to have the best overall KinchRank, which, if you don't know, is Daniel Sheppard's improvement upon sum of ranks that uses a sort of percentile system.
The best cuber currently by these standards is Jayden McNeill, who has a KinchRank of 65.90. You don't need to beat all of his specific times, though, to overtake that spot -- you just need to beat his average KinchRank. This means that you need a KinchRank in each event of at least 65.91 to take the top spot. Here are those minimum times that you would need to get, and you would need to have at least all of these times, to be the best cuber in the world:
2x2: 2.29 average
3x3: 9.06 average
4x4: 34.94 average
5x5: 1:10.16 average
6x6 2:13.20 average
7x7: 3:24.93 average
3BLD: 27.78 single *OR* 34.40 average
FMC: 28 single *OR* 36.67 average
OH: 15.64 average
Feet: 42.72 average
Mega: 53.33 average
Pyra: 3.10 average
Clock: 7.94 average
Skewb: 3.98 average
Sq-1: 12.82 average
4BLD: 2:23.62 single
5BLD: 5.45.17 single
Multi: 28 points
Still pretty tough to be sure, but all of these individually are more achievable than trying to set a world record, so maybe it can give some of us scrubs some hope
The best cuber currently by these standards is Jayden McNeill, who has a KinchRank of 65.90. You don't need to beat all of his specific times, though, to overtake that spot -- you just need to beat his average KinchRank. This means that you need a KinchRank in each event of at least 65.91 to take the top spot. Here are those minimum times that you would need to get, and you would need to have at least all of these times, to be the best cuber in the world:
2x2: 2.29 average
3x3: 9.06 average
4x4: 34.94 average
5x5: 1:10.16 average
6x6 2:13.20 average
7x7: 3:24.93 average
3BLD: 27.78 single *OR* 34.40 average
FMC: 28 single *OR* 36.67 average
OH: 15.64 average
Feet: 42.72 average
Mega: 53.33 average
Pyra: 3.10 average
Clock: 7.94 average
Skewb: 3.98 average
Sq-1: 12.82 average
4BLD: 2:23.62 single
5BLD: 5.45.17 single
Multi: 28 points
Still pretty tough to be sure, but all of these individually are more achievable than trying to set a world record, so maybe it can give some of us scrubs some hope
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