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Arlo Sims

2×2 · top 0.39% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2012 · 2012SIMS02

Arlo Sims has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.91, set at Lexington Fall 2015, puts him in the top 0.39% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 165th in the United States. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since November 2012, he has put 899 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.46 in November 2012 to 8.63, a 65% improvement. Arlo has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.39% of 186,767 all-time
0.91
signature single · Lexington Fall 2015
899
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×20.912.40
top 0.39%165 / 40,951
Pyraminx1.965.69
top 1.1%300 / 28,708
Skewb2.793.92
top 4.0%624 / 18,907
3×38.6310.47
top 4.0%2,262 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed17.1225.42
top 12.9%1,665 / 15,683
4×444.0848.35
top 17.2%2,608 / 19,072
Clock9.0810.93
top 20.4%1,567 / 8,927
Megaminx1:41.501:57.45
top 35.5%2,531 / 7,841

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

MIT Fall 2012: 24.46Harvard Spring 2013: 14.43MIT Spring 2013: 13.90Harvard Fall 2013: 14.46Lexington Fall 2013: 13.71Williams Winter 2014: 11.78Lexington Spring 2014: 12.13Berkeley Spring 2014: 12.13US Nationals 2014: 10.93Harvard Fall 2014: 9.85Lexington Fall 2014: 10.51MIT Fall 2014: 9.45Williams Winter 2015: 8.71Lexington Spring 2015: 9.63MIT Spring 2015: 9.33Melrose Spring 2015: 9.48US Nationals 2015: 8.63Lexington Fall 2015: 9.71Northeastern Fall 2015: 9.63Lexington Summer 2016: 10.82World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 9.48Framingham Frozen Fingers 2018: 9.05MIT Winter 2020: 10.768.6324.4610 Nov 201212 Jan 2020

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 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.79 away.

Targets move as he improves.