People · United States
Christopher Baldwin
2×2 · top 5.9% of 189,179 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016BALD01
Christopher Baldwin has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.16, set at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2023, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,407th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since April 2016, he has put 608 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 43.98 in April 2016 to 9.73, a 78% improvement. Christopher has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.16 | 4.43 | top 5.9% | 2,407 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 9.73 | 11.17 | top 6.8% | 3,749 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 3.91 | 6.75 | top 10.3% | 1,603 / 19,164 | |
| Square-1 | 15.97 | 20.51 | top 18.7% | 1,271 / 6,846 | |
| Clock | 8.86 | 11.53 | top 19.1% | 1,494 / 9,172 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.13 | 7.68 | top 21.0% | 5,739 / 29,168 | |
| Megaminx | 1:26.09 | 1:34.02 | top 25.7% | 1,818 / 8,026 | |
| 4×4 | 51.18 | 55.35 | top 26.3% | 4,096 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.44 | 28.25 | top 35.5% | 4,750 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 1:51.39 | 2:16.91 | top 43.7% | 3,634 / 9,537 | |
| 6×6 | 4:22.22 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,910 / 4,262 |
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
- 17 Jun 2023Six personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2023.
- 27 May 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.73 at New Hampshire Spring 2023.
- 27 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at New Hampshire Spring 2023.
- 22 Apr 2023Five personal bests in one day at Panthers Cube Day 2023.
- 19 Nov 2022Four personal bests in one day at Burke Mountain Cubing 2022.
- 3 Nov 2018Three personal bests in one day at BA Fall Cube Fest 2018.
Competitions
- The Battle of Lexington 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Loon Cubikon 2023 · 19 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Elm City Kubikon 2023 · 24 Sep 2023
- Be Quick in Brunswick 2023 · 12 Aug 2023
- Silver City Side Events 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- New Hampshire Spring 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Panthers Cube Day 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Burke Mountain Cubing 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Burke Mountain Fall 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- BA Fall Cube Fest 2018 · 3 Nov 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Connect Community 2018 · 8 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2018 · 2 Jun 2018
- WPI Winter Cube Day 2018 · 18 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- WPI Fall Cube Fest 2017 · 1 Oct 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Weston Spring 2017 · 1 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- New Hampshire Open 2016 · 9 Apr 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.
- Derek White — met in 124 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Alex Cohen — met in 103 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
- Aidan McKenzie — met in 96 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.73 away.
Targets move as he improves.