People · United States
Alden Combs
2×2 · top 18.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017COMB01
Alden Combs has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.34, set at Bulldog Cubing 2017, puts him in the top 18.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,152nd in the United States. Across 4 competitions since June 2017, he has put 93 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.42 in June 2017 to 13.73, a 39% improvement. Alden has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.34 | 4.52 | top 18.3% | 7,152 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 13.73 | 16.87 | top 20.0% | 10,779 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.73 | 9.08 | top 25.6% | 7,032 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 6.25 | 9.27 | top 27.7% | 4,532 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.58 | 27.84 | top 30.3% | 3,929 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:09.87 | 1:24.27 | top 46.7% | 7,779 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 48.84 | — | early days — 1 solve | 8,685 / 8,927 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 20 Jan 2018Three personal bests in one day at SCC Winter 2018.
- 9 Sep 2017First sub-20 3×3: 13.73 at Bulldog Cubing 2017.
- 9 Sep 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.73 at Bulldog Cubing 2017.
- 3 Jun 2017First competition: Queen City 2017. A 22.42 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2018 · 18 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- SCC Winter 2018 · 20 Jan 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Bulldog Cubing 2017 · 9 Sep 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Queen City 2017 · 3 Jun 2017
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.
- James Hildreth — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Dominic Heising — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Luke Garrett — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.73 away.
Targets move as he improves.