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Anders Bogan

2×2 · top 1.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2011 · 2011BOGA01

Anders Bogan has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.28, set at Caltech Fall Open 2014, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 534th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 39 competitions since February 2011, he has put 1,022 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.66 in February 2011 to 7.39, a 56% improvement. Anders has entered 39 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.3% of 186,767 all-time
1.28
signature single · Caltech Fall Open 2014
1,022
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.283.77
top 1.3%534 / 40,951
3×37.399.86
top 1.8%1,094 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed12.2716.54
top 3.4%510 / 15,683
4×438.5843.25
top 10.4%1,548 / 19,072
5×51:14.431:25.15
top 14.9%1,149 / 9,401
Megaminx1:15.371:18.70
top 18.9%1,286 / 7,841
7×74:06.294:30.18
top 33.2%927 / 3,184
6×62:55.293:03.77
top 38.7%1,405 / 4,196
Square-142.3057.73
top 68.2%4,480 / 6,743
Pyraminx19.1124.69
top 91.7%26,868 / 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

Caltech Winter 2011: 16.66Caltech Spring 2011: 13.33San Diego 2011: 14.63Caltech Fall 2011: 12.71Caltech Winter 2012: 12.80Caltech Spring 2012: 10.49United States National Championships 2012: 11.02Eagle Peak - San Diego Open 2012: 11.01Caltech Fall Open 2012: 9.41San Diego Summer Splash 2013: 10.08Caltech Fall Open 2013: 10.43Caltech Winter Open 2014: 10.15Caltech Spring Open 2014: 9.86San Diego Summer Splash 2014: 10.83Newport Cube Day 2014: 10.52Nisei Week 2014: 10.27Antelope Valley Fall 2014: 10.30Caltech Fall Open 2014: 8.75Newport Winter Open 2014: 10.60Caltech Winter Open 2015: 9.73Orange Coast Puzzle Meet 2015: 10.25Alliance for Education 2015: 9.40SoCal Supercomp 2015: 7.80Nisei Week 2015: 9.65Irvine Fall 2015: 9.38Nub Open 2016: 8.78Newport Spring 2016: 10.39TFTI San Diego 2016: 9.20Nisei Week 2016: 8.42Nisei Week 2017: 9.39Nisei Week 2018: 9.61Gonna Need a Bigger Cube SD 2023: 10.01Westview Cubing Favorites 2023: 11.18Pride in Long Beach 2023: 8.80Santa Ana Summer A 2023: 7.39Corona Summer 2023: 9.09Jurupa Valley Cubing Fall 2023: 7.92Santa Barbara Cubing 2024: 10.617.3916.6612 Feb 20116 Apr 2024

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.39 away.

Targets move as he improves.