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Cole Baker

2×2 · top 10.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018BAKE08

Cole Baker has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.68, set at Back to School Idaho 2019, puts him in the top 10.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,215th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since May 2018, he has put 133 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one; 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.78 in May 2018 to 15.42, a 44% improvement. Cole has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 10.7% of 186,767 all-time
2.68
signature single · Back to School Idaho 2019
133
official solves on the record
18%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 97% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.684.78
top 10.7%4,215 / 40,951
3×315.4218.08
top 25.8%14,076 / 59,724
Pyraminx8.0511.98
top 36.6%10,373 / 28,708
4×41:16.721:26.03
top 53.2%9,033 / 19,072
Skewb10.2013.11
top 56.1%10,206 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed41.1454.52
top 66.9%9,540 / 15,683
Clock24.6625.35
top 76.1%6,666 / 8,927
Megaminx3:59.34
early days — 2 solves7,243 / 7,841
5×54:58.12
early days — 1 solve9,189 / 9,401

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

Potato Open 2018: 27.78Idaho Spudcubing 2018: 27.08Back to School Idaho 2019: 18.03Going Fast in Idaho 2022: 15.42Going Slow in Idaho 2022: 16.29Pocatello Potato Palooza 2026: 16.9415.4227.7819 May 201828 Mar 2026

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.42 away.

Targets move as he improves.