People · United States
Baden Douglas Lee Smith
3×3 · top 38.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2025 · 2025SMIT05
Baden Douglas Lee Smith has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.48, set at Arkansas Championship 2025, puts him in the top 38.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 21,732nd in the United States. Across 5 competitions since February 2025, he has put 122 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.25 in February 2025 to 19.48, a 12% improvement. Baden has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 19.48 | 24.60 | top 38.5% | 21,732 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.65 | 13.08 | top 41.8% | 11,990 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 6.44 | 8.66 | top 55.4% | 22,649 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 39.50 | 45.04 | top 64.6% | 9,173 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 12.50 | 20.16 | top 68.5% | 12,856 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:38.95 | — | top 69.9% | 12,530 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 3:40.59 | — | early days — 1 solve | 6,890 / 7,841 |
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 Mar 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.48 at Arkansas Championship 2025.
- 29 Mar 2025Five personal bests in one day at Arkansas Championship 2025.
- 16 Feb 2025First competition: Cube Against Cancer Edmond 2025. A 27.50 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tulsa Holiday Cube-Off 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Oklahoma Championship 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Arkansas Championship 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Welcome Back Tulsa 2025 · 8 Mar 2025
- Cube Against Cancer Edmond 2025 · 16 Feb 2025 — 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.
- Zachary Walden — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jake Maddox — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ryan Pilat — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.48 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.