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Blake Bankson

3×3 · top 13.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2021 · 2021BANS01

Blake Bankson has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.91, set at Northern Colorado Cubing 2022, puts him in the top 13.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,289th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since November 2021, he has put 70 official solves on the record across six events. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.52 in November 2021 to 11.91, an 18% improvement. Blake has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.6% of 284,439 all-time
11.91
signature single · Northern Colorado Cubing 2022
70
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.9114.17
top 13.6%7,289 / 59,724
2×24.556.10
top 33.6%13,363 / 40,951
Skewb7.2211.68
top 35.4%5,994 / 18,907
Megaminx1:43.051:48.96
top 36.5%2,608 / 7,841
Pyraminx8.1511.57
top 37.4%10,664 / 28,708
4×41:09.741:14.11
top 46.6%7,758 / 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

Pikes Peak Returns A 2021: 14.52Scramble in the Springs 2022: 12.66Northern Colorado Cubing 2022: 11.9111.9114.5213 Nov 202112 Mar 2022

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.91 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.