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Banks Golson

3×3 · top 49.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2024 · 2024GOLS01

Banks Golson has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 23.50, set at GA Cuber Jackets Spring 2026, puts him in the top 49.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 28,608th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since May 2024, he has put 102 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 44.18 in May 2024 to 23.50, a 47% improvement. Banks has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 49.2% of 284,439 all-time
23.50
signature single · GA Cuber Jackets Spring 2026
102
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×323.5025.87
top 49.2%28,608 / 59,724
2×26.018.79
top 51.0%20,759 / 40,951
Pyraminx10.0015.51
top 53.0%15,476 / 28,708
Clock41.9954.76
top 94.2%8,451 / 8,927

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

Alabama Championship 2024: 44.18T-Town Showdown AL 2024: 35.91Coosa Cubing Clash 2024: 25.32Cubing on the Plains at Auburn 2025: 25.36Alabama Crimson Cubing Spring 2025: 37.14Fort Payne Summer 2025: 24.64GA Cuber Jackets Spring 2026: 23.50Scenic City Summer TN 2026: 24.3023.5044.1811 May 20248 Aug 2026

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.50 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.01 away.

Targets move as he improves.