People · United States
Amber Baker
Square-1 · top 8.7% of 25,272 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017BAKE04
Amber Baker has been competing for 9 years. Her best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 11.40, set at RVAutumn 2018, puts her in the top 8.7% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 622nd in the United States. Until October 2009, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since December 2017, she has put 301 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 26.66 in December 2017 to 11.60, a 56% improvement. Amber has entered 19 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 11.40 | 15.03 | top 8.7% | 622 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 | 11.60 | 13.74 | top 12.5% | 6,722 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.96 | 5.45 | top 26.0% | 10,226 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 54.59 | 1:01.07 | top 30.2% | 4,752 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 8.65 | 10.43 | top 46.1% | 8,133 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.80 | 36.19 | top 46.2% | 6,278 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.04 | 14.51 | top 60.8% | 17,874 / 28,708 | |
| 5×5 | 2:25.03 | 2:40.91 | top 63.5% | 5,496 / 9,401 |
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
- 30 Jun 2018Three personal bests in one day at Maryland 2018.
- 7 Apr 2018First sub-15 3×3: 12.97 at River Hill Spring 2018.
- 17 Feb 2018First sub-20 3×3: 19.62 at Slow N Steady Winter 2018.
- 16 Dec 2017First competition: Severna Park Showdown 2017. A 26.66 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Southern Indiana Qualifier 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Oldham County Spring 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2021 · 20 Nov 2021 — 1 personal best set
- TJHSST Fall 2018 · 3 Nov 2018
- Fall Foliage Cubing 2018 · 20 Oct 2018
- RVAutumn 2018 · 6 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Summer 2018 · 2 Sep 2018
- Pennsylvania 2018 · 17 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2018 · 27 Jul 2018
- Maryland 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Rally In The Valley 2018 · 16 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Tea Time Spring 2018 · 26 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- RVA Spring 2018 · 5 May 2018
- WFS Cubing Spring 2018 · 15 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- River Hill Spring 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- NovaCube 2018 · 10 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Fruit Salad 2018 · 3 Mar 2018
- Slow N Steady Winter 2018 · 17 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Severna Park Showdown 2017 · 16 Dec 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 her.
- Corey Sakowski — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Tommy Szeliga — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead once
- Aubrey Trace — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-10 Square-1 single — 1,533 people have one; it is 1.40 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.60 away.
Targets move as she improves.