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Carter Clifton

2×2 · top 15.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018CLIF01

Carter Clifton has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.10, set at Halifax Open 2019, puts him in the top 15.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,037th in Canada. Across 4 competitions since May 2018, he has put 123 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.59 in May 2018 to 14.37, a 44% improvement. Carter has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 15.4% of 186,767 all-time
3.10
signature single · Halifax Open 2019
123
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
2×23.105.61
top 15.4%1,037 / 7,173
3×314.3720.15
top 22.3%2,134 / 10,392
Skewb5.9310.49
top 25.2%605 / 2,907
Pyraminx8.9411.09
top 44.3%2,069 / 4,858
4×41:27.941:38.36
top 62.1%1,762 / 3,118

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

Halifax Spring 2018: 25.59Halifax Select 2018: 21.52Dalhousie Open 2018: 20.42Halifax Open 2019: 14.3714.3725.5926 May 201823 Mar 2019

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.37 away.

Targets move as he improves.