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Carter Paden

3×3 · top 9.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016PADE01

Carter Paden has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.61, set at Spring Forward 2018, puts him in the top 9.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,081st in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since January 2016, he has put 119 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.28 in January 2016 to 10.61, a 48% improvement. Carter has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.3% of 284,439 all-time
10.61
signature single · Spring Forward 2018
119
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×310.6114.16
top 9.3%5,081 / 59,724
2×23.644.97
top 21.9%8,593 / 40,951
4×41:01.061:07.83
top 37.6%6,073 / 19,072
Pyraminx8.2713.26
top 38.5%10,999 / 28,708
Square-128.0451.47
top 45.7%2,971 / 6,743
Megaminx2:26.62
early days — 2 solves4,487 / 7,841
3×3 one-handed42.65
early days — 2 solves9,869 / 15,683
Skewb16.6119.75
top 83.0%15,952 / 18,907

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

South East Texas Open 2016: 20.28Southern Championships 2017: 20.32Yeehaw 2017: 12.79Parity for Charity 2017: 11.81South East Texas Open 2018: 12.98Howdy Partner 2018: 13.31Spring Forward 2018: 10.6110.6120.322 Jan 20163 Mar 2018

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.64 away.

Targets move as he improves.