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Branson Costin
Square-1 · top 22.6% of 25,272 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022COST05
Branson Costin has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 17.67, set at Utah Puzzling for Awareness 2022, puts him in the top 22.6% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,491st in the United States. Across 1 competition since April 2022, he has put 21 official solves on the record across four events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 17.67 | 29.74 | top 22.6% | 1,491 / 6,743 | |
| 2×2 | 4.56 | 7.85 | top 33.7% | 13,413 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 18.11 | 20.32 | top 34.4% | 19,193 / 59,724 | |
| 6×6 | 6:08.56 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,809 / 4,196 |
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 story so far
- 30 Apr 2022First competition: Utah Puzzling for Awareness 2022. A 18.11 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Utah Puzzling for Awareness 2022 · 30 Apr 2022
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.
- Eliot Torson — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Keenan Pewitt — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Orion Leavitt-Lytle — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-15 Square-1 single — 4,160 people have one; it is 2.67 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.