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Clancy Cochran

3×3 · top 22.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2005 · 2005COCH01

Clancy Cochran has been competing for 22 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.55, set at Berkeley Spring competition 2007, puts him in the top 22.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,392nd in the United States. Across 26 competitions since January 2005, he has put 468 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 51.75 in January 2005 to 14.55, a 72% improvement. Clancy has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 22.9% of 284,439 all-time
14.55
signature single · Berkeley Spring competition 2007
468
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×314.5518.34
top 22.9%12,392 / 59,724
4×41:07.731:14.33
top 44.6%7,397 / 19,072
2×25.447.46
top 44.6%17,998 / 40,951
5×51:56.212:03.84
top 46.9%3,894 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed40.7348.51
top 66.3%9,432 / 15,683

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

Caltech Winter competition 2005: 51.75Caltech Spring competition 2005: 35.96Northern California Fall Open 2005: 26.72Caltech Fall competition 2005: 23.66Rubik's World Championship 2005: 29.60Caltech Winter competition 2006: 22.96Caltech Spring competition 2006: 23.40US Nationals 2006: 24.24Caltech Fall competition 2006: 23.63UC Berkeley Fall competition 2006: 21.34Caltech Winter competition 2007: 20.61Berkeley Spring competition 2007: 14.55US Open 2007: 19.53Caltech Summer competition 2007: 20.55Berkeley Fall competition 2007: 17.05EPGY California Open 2008: 18.77Denver Open 2008: 17.69Discovery Science Center competition 2008: 16.47Berkeley Spring competition 2008: 19.90US Nationals and Open 2008: 17.15Berkeley Fall 2008: 18.47San Francisco Open 2009: 19.81Davis Summer 2024: 19.03SacCubing XVIII 2024: 16.30Rocklin Winter 2024: 16.31SacCubing XIX 2025: 15.2714.5551.7515 Jan 200519 Jan 2025

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.

  • Dan Dzoan — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
  • Adam Zamora — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 35 times
  • Leyan Lo — met in 58 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.55 away.
  • A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 30,601 people have one; it is 7.73 away.

Targets move as he improves.