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Alana Ruth

3×3 · top 67.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2008 · 2008RUTH02

Alana Ruth has been competing for 18 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 32.72, set at Safe Haven competition 2009, puts her in the top 67.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 40,370th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since November 2008, she has put 54 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 1:27.41 in November 2008 to 32.72, a 63% improvement. Alana has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 67.1% of 284,439 all-time
32.72
signature single · Safe Haven competition 2009
54
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×332.7240.07
top 67.1%40,370 / 59,724
2×28.1113.45
top 68.5%28,330 / 40,951
Pyraminx12.2821.43
top 68.9%20,407 / 28,708

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

Westchester Fall 2008: 1:27.41Newark Winter 2009: 39.25Fort Lee Winter 2009: 36.11Safe Haven competition 2009: 32.72MIT Fall 2009: 38.30Captain's Cove competition 2010: 33.5232.721:27.4122 Nov 200829 May 2010

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 2.72 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.11 away.

Targets move as she improves.