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Carter Liam Gore

2×2 · top 8.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022GORE01

Carter Liam Gore has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.45, set at Pretzel Mania 2022, puts him in the top 8.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,319th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since September 2022, he has put 157 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.41 in September 2022 to 14.68, a 61% improvement. Carter has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 8.4% of 186,767 all-time
2.45
signature single · Pretzel Mania 2022
157
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.456.06
top 8.4%3,319 / 40,951
3×314.6819.91
top 23.3%12,637 / 59,724
Skewb8.0410.01
top 41.6%7,239 / 18,907
Pyraminx9.9713.72
top 52.8%15,404 / 28,708
4×41:23.141:36.55
top 58.4%10,101 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed42.2254.83
top 68.4%9,778 / 15,683
5×53:04.20
top 79.4%7,202 / 9,401
Megaminx3:38.28
early days — 1 solve6,841 / 7,841

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

Pretzel Mania 2022: 37.41Slow N Steady Fall 2022: 27.40Happy Valley Fall 2022: 23.49Pretzel Mania 2023: 17.35Country Roads Huntington 2023: 14.68Cubing in the Lion's Den 2023: 16.13Virginia Championship 2023: 19.5114.6837.413 Sep 202210 Nov 2023

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.68 away.

Targets move as he improves.