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Asher Poulsen
Pyraminx · top 2.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023POUL02
Asher Poulsen has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.77, set at New Jersey Championship 2024, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 776th in the United States. Until October 2010, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since November 2023, he has put 133 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.40 in November 2023 to 12.44, a 39% improvement. Asher has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.77 | 4.83 | top 2.9% | 776 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 2.78 | 4.87 | top 11.8% | 4,653 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 12.44 | 15.52 | top 15.4% | 8,259 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 43.04 | 58.79 | top 15.8% | 2,393 / 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
- 20 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Great Peconic Bay Spring 2024.
- 24 Feb 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.33 at Cardinal Cube Day 2024.
- 24 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Cardinal Cube Day 2024.
- 31 Dec 2023First sub-20 3×3: 17.67 at New York New Year 2024.
- 10 Nov 2023First competition: Virginia Championship 2023. A 20.40 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing in the Ocean County 2024 · 29 Jun 2024
- New Jersey Championship 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Great Peconic Bay Spring 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubes on the Bayside Spring 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cardinal Cube Day 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- New York New Year 2024 · 31 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Virginia Championship 2023 · 10 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Evan Liu — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
- James Kershaw — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nico Ozsvath — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.