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Austin Settle

2×2 · top 7.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015SETT02

Austin Settle has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.31, set at ODU Big Blue Spring 2017, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,838th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since October 2015, he has put 97 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.14 in October 2015 to 11.70, a 47% improvement. Austin has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 7.1% of 186,767 all-time
2.31
signature single · ODU Big Blue Spring 2017
97
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.313.66
top 7.1%2,838 / 40,951
Pyraminx3.9112.86
top 7.2%1,849 / 28,708
3×311.7013.71
top 12.8%6,885 / 59,724
4×459.581:12.62
top 36.0%5,811 / 19,072
5×52:04.832:44.44
top 52.3%4,402 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed32.9436.52
top 53.2%7,367 / 15,683

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

ODU Big Blue Open 2015: 22.14ODU Big Blue Spring 2016: 14.43Duke Summer 2016: 12.57ODU Big Blue Spring 2017: 11.7011.7022.1424 Oct 20154 Mar 2017

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.

  • Jacob Rife — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
  • Bobby Mapp — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
  • Brendan White — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 4 times

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.91 away.

Targets move as he improves.