People · United States
Carson Burton
3×3 · top 4.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2020 · 2020BURT01
Carson Burton has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.82, set at CubingUSA Western Championship 2021, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,481st in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since January 2020, he has put 124 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.16 in January 2020 to 8.82, a 38% improvement. Carson has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.82 | 10.44 | top 4.5% | 2,481 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.69 | 3.58 | top 10.8% | 4,258 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.01 | 29.59 | top 31.5% | 4,094 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.74 | 1:08.98 | top 38.3% | 6,205 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.56 | 13.37 | top 49.5% | 14,359 / 28,708 | |
| 5×5 | 2:15.00 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,965 / 9,401 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 26 Nov 2021First sub-10 3×3: 8.82 at CubingUSA Western Championship 2021.
- 18 Jan 2020First competition: Perfect Vision Provo 2020. A 14.16 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Utah's California Gull Extravaganza 2022 · 20 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Puzzling for Awareness 2022 · 30 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Ice Cubing 2022 · 29 Jan 2022 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2021 · 26 Nov 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Perfect Vision Provo 2020 · 18 Jan 2020
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.
- Isaac Myers — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Calvin Nielson — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Damian Wilding — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
Targets move as he improves.