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Banks Golson
2×2 · top 40.0% of 189,179 all-time · competing since May 2024 · 2024GOLS01
Banks Golson has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.05, set at Alabama Championship 2026, puts him in the top 40.0% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16,326th in the United States. Across 9 competitions since May 2024, he has put 121 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 44.18 in May 2024 to 23.50, a 47% improvement. Banks has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 5.05 | 8.79 | top 40.0% | 16,326 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 23.50 | 25.87 | top 49.3% | 29,089 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.00 | 15.51 | top 53.0% | 15,718 / 29,168 | |
| Clock | 41.99 | 48.39 | top 94.2% | 8,677 / 9,172 |
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
- 16 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at GA Cuber Jackets Spring 2026.
- 14 Dec 2024First sub-30 3×3: 25.32 at Coosa Cubing Clash 2024.
- 11 May 2024First competition: Alabama Championship 2024. A 44.18 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Alabama Championship 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Scenic City Summer TN 2026 · 8 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- GA Cuber Jackets Spring 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Fort Payne Summer 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Alabama Crimson Cubing Spring 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing on the Plains at Auburn 2025 · 1 Feb 2025
- Coosa Cubing Clash 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- T-Town Showdown AL 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Alabama Championship 2024 · 11 May 2024
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.
- Jared Stinson — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead once
- Gabriel Golson — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Annye Bennett — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 74,472 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 115,495 people have one; it is 3.50 away.
Targets move as he improves.