Kinch Ranks Leaderboard

Based on WCA data as of Oct 9, 2023

#	Name	Score
1	Stanley Chapel	72.58
2	Tommy Cherry	67.02
3	Martin Vædele Egdal	66.97
4	Carter Kucala	64.53
5	Ryan Pilat	62.66
6	Firstian Fushada (符逢城)	62.12
7	Daniel Wallin	61.16
8	Luke Garrett	60.72
9	Max Siauw	59.96
10	Noah Swor	58.77
11	Ng Jia Quan (黄佳铨)	56.55
12	Oliver Fritz	56.5
13	Sameer Aggarwal	56.49
14	Theo Goluboff	55.98
15	Zeke Mackay	55.77
16	Ben Baron	55.72
17	Francisco Moraes Mandalozzo	55.67
18	Feliks Zemdegs	55.29
19	Brian Johnson	54.99
20	Daniel Partridge	54.09

What is Kinch?

The Kinch system is one way of measuring a cuber's overall performance rather than measuring just one event. To compute a Kinch Score, we compute the average of each event ratio, where an event ratio is your personal record divided by the world record.

The Multi-blind score is calculated by summing the points and the proportion of the hour left. That means the time is also incorporated into the Kinch Score.

There is one more special rule about calculating the Kinch Score. We take your better score between:

FMC single and average
3BLD single and average
4BLD single and average
5BLD single and average

What does my Kinch Score mean?

Higher scores are better. The maximum you can get is 100, assuming you hold the world record in every event.

For example, the best Kinch Score in the world (at the time of writing) is Stanley Chapel with a score of 74.

What is the origin of Kinch?

It was introduced on speedsolving.com by kinch2002 in this post 😊

Why use Kinch?

Kinch and Sum of Ranks are both ways to measure the all-round performance of a cuber, and each has pros and cons. Here are a few reasons why kinch2002 devised the system.

Kinch combines the singles and averages
You are not penalized as heavily for not having competed in an event
Avoids event biases - For example, you have to be really good at 3x3 to have a good Sum of Ranks
In Sum of Ranks, there is no incentive for the world record holder to improve that event

Alternatives to Kinch

As mentioned before, Kinch is just one way to measure the all-round abilities of a cuber. If you want to know your Sum of Ranks, you can visit our Sum of Ranks Calculator as well.

Different aggregation methods will have different tradeoffs, and some will debate which methods are better. That's why we provide multiple ways to measure your all-round abilities.