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Allen Bao

3×3 · top 34.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018BAOA01

Allen Bao has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.11, set at Brooklyn 2018, puts him in the top 34.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19,193rd in the United States. Across 4 competitions since June 2018, he has put 43 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 42.52 in June 2018 to 18.11, a 57% improvement. Allen has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 34.4% of 284,439 all-time
18.11
signature single · Brooklyn 2018
43
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×318.1126.33
top 34.4%19,193 / 59,724
2×25.029.25
top 39.6%15,881 / 40,951
Pyraminx12.7922.35
top 71.8%21,246 / 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

CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2018: 42.52New Hope Open Spring 2018: 26.26Brooklyn 2018: 18.11Slow N Steady Fall 2023: 21.8018.1142.522 Jun 20187 Oct 2023

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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.11 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.