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Carson Valenta

3×3 · top 43.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016VALE13

Carson Valenta has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.40, set at Eugene 2016, puts him in the top 43.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 25,160th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since July 2016, he has put 62 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 43.31 in July 2016 to 21.40, a 51% improvement. Carson has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 43.8% of 284,439 all-time
21.40
signature single · Eugene 2016
62
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×321.4025.96
top 43.8%25,160 / 59,724
2×25.818.23
top 48.8%19,830 / 40,951
Pyraminx10.3715.69
top 55.9%16,340 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed1:14.10
early days — 2 solves13,867 / 15,683

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

US Nationals 2016: 43.31Oregon 2016: 44.22Puget Sound Fall 2016: 32.21PDX Cubing for Dougy 2016: 25.55Eugene 2016: 21.40Eugene 3x3 Mania 2017: 24.3221.4044.2229 Jul 20168 Apr 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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.40 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.81 away.

Targets move as he improves.