People · Australia
Austin Allen
2×2 · top 8.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015ALLE04
Austin Allen has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.48, set at Altona Algorithms 2019, puts him in the top 8.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 660th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since November 2015, he has put 397 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 49.84 in November 2015 to 15.26, a 69% improvement. Austin has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.48 | 5.68 | top 8.7% | 660 / 8,567 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.81 | 7.56 | top 12.0% | 561 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 | 15.26 | 18.67 | top 25.3% | 2,322 / 11,709 | |
| Skewb | 9.11 | 16.30 | top 49.2% | 1,561 / 3,534 | |
| 4×4 | 1:36.29 | — | top 68.1% | 1,966 / 3,051 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 50.26 | 1:06.85 | top 77.0% | 1,902 / 2,659 |
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
- 29 Dec 2019First sub-20 3×3: 18.96 at Surf Coast Cubing 2019.
- 23 Sep 2017First sub-30 3×3: 23.56 at Australian Nationals 2017.
- 30 Apr 2016Three personal bests in one day at Melbourne Autumn 2016.
- 7 Nov 2015First competition: Melbourne Cube Days 2015. A 49.84 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Solving in Sale 2021 · 10 Apr 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Bendigo Cube Blitz 2020 · 23 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Surf Coast Cubing 2019 · 29 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2019 · 30 Nov 2019
- Altona Algorithms 2019 · 5 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- WCA World Championship 2019 · 11 Jul 2019
- Koalafication Melbourne 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Solving in Sale 2019 · 13 Apr 2019
- Brilliant Ballarat 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Australian Nationals 2018 · 6 Oct 2018
- West Coast Cubing Tour - Los Angeles 2018 · 11 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Winter 2018 · 2 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube for Cambodia 2018 · 6 May 2018
- ASFA Speedcubing 2018 · 17 Mar 2018
- Melbourne Cube Days 2017 · 18 Nov 2017
- Australian Nationals 2017 · 23 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Classic 2017 · 18 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Lifestyle Seasons Summer 2017 · 18 Feb 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube for Cambodia 2016 · 24 Jul 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Connor's Cube Day 2016 · 29 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Autumn 2016 · 30 Apr 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing Classic 2016 · 19 Mar 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2015 · 7 Nov 2015
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.
- Wesley Allen — met in 92 rounds, never finished ahead
- Swami Srinivasan — met in 78 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Riley Dexter — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.