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Calvin K. Smith

3×3 · top 20.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017SMIT34

Calvin K. Smith has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.71, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 11 2018, puts him in the top 20.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,734th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since November 2017, he has put 64 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.18 in November 2017 to 13.71, a 35% improvement. Calvin has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 20.0% of 284,439 all-time
13.71
signature single · Bay Area Speedcubin' 11 2018
64
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×313.7116.98
top 20.0%10,734 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed20.3527.90
top 21.4%2,744 / 15,683
Pyraminx8.2816.06
top 38.6%11,035 / 28,708
2×25.357.65
top 43.6%17,579 / 40,951

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

Berkeley Fall 2017: 21.18South Enough 2018: 18.06SacCubing III 2018: 17.80Berkeley Winter 2018: 16.29Bay Area Speedcubin' 11 2018: 13.7113.7121.1818 Nov 201718 Mar 2018

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.71 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 0.35 away.

Targets move as he improves.