People · United States
Carter Paden
3×3 · top 9.3% of 288,433 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 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,174th 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 36,406 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.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.61 | 14.16 | top 9.3% | 5,174 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.64 | 4.97 | top 22.0% | 8,729 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.06 | 1:07.83 | top 37.7% | 6,162 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.27 | 13.26 | top 38.6% | 11,183 / 29,168 | |
| Square-1 | 28.04 | 51.47 | top 45.8% | 3,018 / 6,846 | |
| Megaminx | 2:26.62 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,601 / 8,026 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 42.65 | — | early days — 2 solves | 9,995 / 15,900 | |
| Skewb | 16.61 | 19.75 | top 83.1% | 16,180 / 19,164 |
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
- 7 Oct 2017First sub-20 3×3: 12.79 at Yeehaw 2017.
- 7 Oct 2017First sub-15 3×3: 12.79 at Yeehaw 2017.
- 2 Jan 2016First competition: South East Texas Open 2016. A 20.28 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Spring Forward 2018 · 3 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Howdy Partner 2018 · 3 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
- South East Texas Open 2018 · 6 Jan 2018
- Parity for Charity 2017 · 18 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Yeehaw 2017 · 7 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Southern Championships 2017 · 15 Jul 2017
- South East Texas Open 2016 · 2 Jan 2016
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.
- Riley Norrid — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jason Lee — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
- Dylan Miller — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.