People · United States
Austin Walker
2×2 · top 1.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019WALK04
Austin Walker has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.44, set at Oregon State Favorites 2019, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 752nd in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since March 2019, he has put 101 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 2×2 best has come down from 6.65 in March 2019 to 1.44, a 78% improvement. Austin 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.44 | 4.21 | top 1.9% | 752 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 15.55 | 16.91 | top 26.3% | 14,346 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.34 | 1:16.23 | top 39.0% | 6,337 / 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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 20 Apr 2019First sub-20 3×3: 18.77 at Rose City 2019.
- 20 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at Rose City 2019.
- 8 Mar 2019First competition: CubingUSA Oregon Championship 2019. A 24.37 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Oregon Championship 2022 · 12 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Keep Portland Weird 2019 · 14 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Oregon State Favorites 2019 · 19 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019
- Puget Sound Spring 2019 · 4 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Rose City 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Oregon Championship 2019 · 8 Mar 2019 — 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.
- Sameer Aggarwal — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tripp Peters — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Max Siauw — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.