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Caiden Swanson

3×3 · top 33.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017SWAN03

Caiden Swanson has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.66, set at North Iowa 2017, puts him in the top 33.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18,340th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since September 2017, he has put 52 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 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.36 in September 2017 to 17.66, a 17% improvement. Caiden has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 33.1% of 284,439 all-time
17.66
signature single · North Iowa 2017
52
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×317.6618.72
top 33.1%18,340 / 59,724
Skewb8.5511.04
top 45.4%7,998 / 18,907
2×26.187.56
top 52.7%21,505 / 40,951
Pyraminx12.1913.92
top 68.4%20,226 / 28,708

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

Bulldog Cubing 2017: 21.36Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2017: 23.84ChicaGhosts 2017: 19.74North Iowa 2017: 17.6617.6623.849 Sep 20179 Dec 2017

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.66 away.
  • A sub-8 Skewb single — 30,246 people have one; it is 0.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.