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Ayden Paulsen

2×2 · top 13.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018PAUL08

Ayden Paulsen has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.92, set at Independence Cube Day 2018, puts him in the top 13.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,240th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since November 2018, he has put 108 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. Ayden has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 13.3% of 186,767 all-time
2.92
signature single · Independence Cube Day 2018
108
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.925.68
top 13.3%5,240 / 40,951
3×314.5122.39
top 22.7%12,303 / 59,724
Pyraminx8.1014.57
top 37.0%10,506 / 28,708
Skewb7.4910.36
top 37.4%6,385 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed32.9538.23
top 53.3%7,369 / 15,683
4×42:16.58
top 88.1%16,717 / 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

Independence Cube Day 2018: 2.92West Branch 2019: 5.37CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2019: 4.28West Branch Summer 2019: 3.57North Liberty 2019: 5.662.925.6610 Nov 201819 Oct 2019

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.51 away.

Targets move as he improves.