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Anna L. Halsdorf

2×2 · top 6.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017HALS01

Anna L. Halsdorf has been competing for 9 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.19, set at Pennsylvania 2018, puts her in the top 6.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,437th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since August 2017, she has put 332 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 15.44 in August 2017 to 9.56, a 38% improvement. Anna has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 6.1% of 186,767 all-time
2.19
signature single · Pennsylvania 2018
332
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.194.55
top 6.1%2,437 / 40,951
3×39.5611.96
top 6.3%3,455 / 59,724
Pyraminx5.746.92
top 18.1%4,800 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed19.3924.29
top 18.9%2,432 / 15,683
4×452.641:01.16
top 27.9%4,324 / 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

Severna Park Summer 2017: 15.44Rally In The Valley 2017: 15.37Maryland 2017: 12.69Incredible Pencil Mania 2018: 13.08CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2018: 9.56Tea Time Spring 2018: 11.32Rally In The Valley 2018: 11.54Pennsylvania 2018: 12.12Tar Heel Tango 2018: 11.44Lower Moreland Fall 2018: 10.58Gobbler Cube Day Winter 2019: 10.82VES Spring 2019: 12.64CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 10.72Rocky The Ram Cubes 2019: 11.329.5615.445 Aug 201714 Sep 2019

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.56 away.

Targets move as she improves.