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Bowden Layton

2×2 · top 31.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023LAYT01

Bowden Layton has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.40, set at North Sydney Cube Day 2023, puts him in the top 31.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,474th in Australia. Across 2 competitions since March 2023, he has put 21 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.88 in March 2023 to 21.72, a 13% improvement. Bowden has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 31.6% of 186,767 all-time
4.40
signature single · North Sydney Cube Day 2023
21
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×24.409.94
top 31.6%2,474 / 8,567
3×321.7225.65
top 44.7%4,507 / 11,709
Pyraminx13.8222.47
top 77.0%4,671 / 5,993
Skewb15.5718.77
top 80.1%2,794 / 3,534

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

North Sydney Cube Day 2023: 24.88Marrickville Mini May Open 2023: 21.7221.7224.885 Mar 202321 May 2023

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-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.72 away.

Targets move as he improves.