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Cedar Wiseman

2×2 · top 2.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2011 · 2011WISE01

Cedar Wiseman has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.61, set at US Nationals 2014, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,033rd in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since August 2011, he has put 369 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 6.00 in August 2011 to 1.61, a 73% improvement. Cedar has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.6% of 186,767 all-time
1.61
signature single · US Nationals 2014
369
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.614.72
top 2.6%1,033 / 40,951
3×315.0218.52
top 24.5%13,302 / 59,724
4×459.021:08.12
top 35.4%5,704 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed26.3031.06
top 37.6%4,997 / 15,683
Skewb7.8722.44
top 40.3%6,952 / 18,907
Pyraminx9.6812.92
top 50.5%14,664 / 28,708
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves
early days — 1 solve1,101 / 2,040
Square-131.3459.45
top 51.9%3,401 / 6,743
5×52:28.382:36.94
top 65.0%5,657 / 9,401
6×64:37.364:43.03
top 76.6%3,050 / 4,196
Clock30.77
early days — 2 solves7,592 / 8,927
7×77:45.64
early days — 3 solves2,765 / 3,184
Megaminx3:53.85
early days — 3 solves7,153 / 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

United States National Championships 2011: 6.00United States National Championships 2012: 5.55World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 4.62US Nationals 2014: 1.61US Nationals 2015: 5.51Northern Colorado Summer 2015: 3.55Idaho Speedcubing 2015: 4.89Rocky Mountain Winter 2016: 3.17US Nationals 2016: 3.91Longmont Cube Open 2017: 3.221.616.0012 Aug 20117 Jan 2017

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.