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Atticus Cook

3×3 · top 3.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2022 · 2022COOK02

Atticus Cook has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.36, set at South Auckland Side Events 2024, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 102nd in New Zealand. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since January 2022, he has put 417 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.62 in January 2022 to 2.38, a 58% improvement. Atticus has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.4% of 284,439 all-time
8.36
signature single · South Auckland Side Events 2024
417
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
3×38.3610.26
top 3.4%102 / 2,095
2×22.383.81
top 7.8%167 / 1,615
Pyraminx4.227.88
top 8.8%137 / 1,141
Square-115.5420.60
top 17.6%51 / 251
3×3 one-handed19.0721.91
top 18.0%111 / 600
4×453.7358.48
top 29.2%190 / 722
Skewb7.8310.09
top 40.0%294 / 666
Clock15.0018.35
top 48.0%166 / 303
5×52:32.622:47.92
top 67.0%238 / 355

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

Popping Off Pukekohe B 2022: 5.62Get Even Mt Eden 2022: 4.04NZ North Island Championship 2023: 3.65New Zealand Nationals 2023: 3.31A New Year in Auckland 2024: 2.62Auckland Matariki Open 2024: 3.17South Auckland Side Events 2024: 3.71New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2024: 3.32Springing into Auckland 2024: 3.73Max Speed Milford 2024: 3.92New Zealand Nationals 2024: 2.66A New Year in Auckland 2025: 3.59Sqauckland 2025: 2.382.385.6222 Jan 202222 Feb 2025

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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.

  • Elyas Eyou — met in 85 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Brandon Harris — met in 83 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
  • Levi Eyou — met in 83 rounds, finished ahead 5 times

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.