People · United States
Amos Kersten
2×2 · top 5.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024KERS02
Amos Kersten has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.07, set at DFW Cubing Fall 2024, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,080th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since March 2024, he has put 316 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.11 in March 2024 to 15.52, a 53% improvement. Amos has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 2.07 | 5.20 | top 5.2% | 2,080 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.44 | 7.40 | top 16.1% | 4,241 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 15.52 | 18.18 | top 26.2% | 14,288 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 7.96 | 11.26 | top 41.0% | 7,108 / 18,907 | |
| Clock | 15.31 | 16.89 | top 49.2% | 4,008 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.36 | 39.44 | top 52.0% | 7,177 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 2:25.49 | 3:02.44 | top 59.1% | 4,436 / 7,841 | |
| Square-1 | 40.96 | 1:05.35 | top 66.6% | 4,376 / 6,743 | |
| 4×4 | 1:37.99 | — | top 69.3% | 12,381 / 19,072 |
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
- 18 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at DFW Qualifier 2025.
- 16 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cubing Simple in Temple 2025.
- 20 Oct 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.22 at Brazos Cubing Fall 2024.
- 20 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at Brazos Cubing Fall 2024.
- 6 Apr 2024First sub-30 3×3: 29.02 at DFW Eclipse Cubing 2024.
- 23 Mar 2024First competition: DFW Minicomp B 2024. A 33.11 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cube On in Richardson 2025 · 15 Nov 2025
- DFW Back to School 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Qualifier 2025 · 18 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing Simple in Temple 2025 · 16 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Winter 2025 · 19 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cube a Ton in Arlington 2024 · 8 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Cubing Fall 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Brazos Cubing Fall 2024 · 20 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- DFW Back to School 2024 · 25 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Summer 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Eclipse Cubing 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Minicomp B 2024 · 23 Mar 2024
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.
- Ryan Pilat — met in 69 rounds, never finished ahead
- Maddox Smith — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- James Wang — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.