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Carl Gocon

3×3 · top 21.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2009 · 2009GOCO01

Carl Gocon has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.13, set at Liberty Science Center Open 2010, puts him in the top 21.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,559th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since February 2009, he has put 39 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.59 in February 2009 to 14.13, a 54% improvement. Carl has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 21.4% of 284,439 all-time
14.13
signature single · Liberty Science Center Open 2010
39
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×314.1317.38
top 21.4%11,559 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed30.5240.61
top 47.8%6,521 / 15,683
4×41:12.521:22.06
top 49.3%8,262 / 19,072
2×26.667.03
top 57.5%23,554 / 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

Newark Winter 2009: 30.59Liberty Science Center Open 2010: 14.13Liberty Science Center Open 2011: 14.6614.1330.597 Feb 20095 Nov 2011

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.

  • Dan Cohen — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Gavin Nelson — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Mike Kotch — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead twice

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.13 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 one-handed single — 34,382 people have one; it is 0.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.