People · United States
Allan Beres
2×2 · top 4.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016BERE01
Allan Beres has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.01, set at Severna Park Showdown 2017, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,927th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since April 2016, he has put 614 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.12 in April 2016 to 9.86, a 39% improvement. Allan has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 2.01 | 3.26 | top 4.8% | 1,927 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.86 | 5.80 | top 7.0% | 1,776 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 9.86 | 12.64 | top 7.1% | 3,891 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.19 | 20.37 | top 10.7% | 1,416 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 41.18 | 48.43 | top 13.5% | 2,014 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 4.43 | 5.76 | top 13.9% | 2,171 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 14.37 | 16.24 | top 15.0% | 1,009 / 6,743 | |
| Megaminx | 1:29.54 | 1:43.98 | top 27.9% | 1,929 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 1:33.84 | 1:40.69 | top 30.6% | 2,419 / 9,401 | |
| Clock | 16.58 | 19.07 | top 54.0% | 4,462 / 8,927 | |
| 7×7 | 5:26.56 | 5:38.30 | top 58.7% | 1,746 / 3,184 | |
| 6×6 | 3:40.94 | 4:05.65 | top 59.0% | 2,260 / 4,196 |
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
- 16 Feb 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.86 at CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019.
- 16 Feb 2019Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019.
- 2 Sep 2018Three personal bests in one day at Slow N Steady Summer 2018.
- 10 Mar 2018Three personal bests in one day at NovaCube 2018.
- 13 Jan 2018Three personal bests in one day at Northern Neck Winter 2018.
- 16 Dec 2017Six personal bests in one day at Severna Park Showdown 2017.
Competitions
- Wolfpack Winter 2019 · 16 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Gobbler Cube Day Winter 2019 · 19 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Summer 2018 · 2 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- NovaCube 2018 · 10 Mar 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Northern Neck Winter 2018 · 13 Jan 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Severna Park Showdown 2017 · 16 Dec 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Raleigh Rubik's Rally 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Rally In The Valley 2017 · 2 Sep 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Severna Park Summer 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2017 · 7 Jul 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- NovaCube 2017 · 29 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Rocket City 2017 · 8 Apr 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2017 · 2 Apr 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Virginia Open Spring 2017 · 1 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Virginia Open Winter 2017 · 18 Feb 2017
- TJHSST Fall 2016 · 19 Nov 2016
- Slow N Steady Fall 2016 · 24 Sep 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2016 · 18 Jun 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Severna Park Spring 2016 · 30 Apr 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Virginia Open Spring 2016 · 2 Apr 2016
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.
- Corey Sakowski — met in 99 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Tommy Szeliga — met in 95 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Ethan Dennis — met in 89 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.