People · United States
Carson Downs
Pyraminx · top 3.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023DOWN06
Carson Downs has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.80, set at Minnesota Cube Day 2023, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 807th in the United States. Until October 2010, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since April 2023, he has put 623 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.12 in May 2023 to 10.00, a 45% improvement. Carson has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.80 | 5.95 | top 3.0% | 807 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 1.95 | 3.74 | top 4.4% | 1,764 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 3.09 | 5.56 | top 5.4% | 840 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 10.00 | 12.68 | top 7.4% | 4,099 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 41.28 | 53.41 | top 13.6% | 2,037 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 8.47 | 9.75 | top 17.4% | 1,327 / 8,927 | |
| Square-1 | 20.58 | 27.51 | top 29.2% | 1,901 / 6,743 | |
| 5×5 | 2:02.42 | 2:15.71 | top 50.7% | 4,255 / 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
- 11 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at North Star Cubing Challenge MN 2025.
- 28 Oct 2023First sub-15 3×3: 12.89 at Cubetcha 2023.
- 28 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Cubetcha 2023.
- 23 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Minnesota Cube Day 2023.
- 27 May 2023First sub-20 3×3: 18.12 at Minnesota Cube Melt 2023.
- 27 May 2023Four personal bests in one day at Minnesota Cube Melt 2023.
Competitions
- Cubetcha MN 2025 · 18 Oct 2025
- Minnesota Newcomer Sunday 2025 · 23 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- North Star Cubing Challenge MN 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Minnesota Championship 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubetcha MN 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rosemount Side Events 2024 · 1 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Minnesota Meetup IV Tuesday 2024 · 13 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Minnesota Newcomer Sunday 2024 · 3 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Elite in Eagan 2024 · 11 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- North Star Cubing Challenge 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Race the Clock Minnesota 2023 · 30 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Side Events Minnesota 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cubetcha 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Minnesota Cube Day 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Minnesota Slice 2023 · 15 Apr 2023
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.
- Nathan Rahn — met in 122 rounds, finished ahead once
- Joseph Ong — met in 118 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Kaius Young — met in 111 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
Targets move as he improves.