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Cole Bannerman

2×2 · top 8.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022BANN03

Cole Bannerman has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.48, set at Scarborough Fall B 2023, puts him in the top 8.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 561st in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since October 2022, he has put 125 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.88 in October 2022 to 11.84, a 43% improvement. Cole has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 8.7% of 186,767 all-time
2.48
signature single · Scarborough Fall B 2023
125
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
2×22.484.60
top 8.7%561 / 7,173
3×311.8413.34
top 13.3%1,266 / 10,392
Skewb4.369.04
top 13.4%288 / 2,907
3×3 one-handed30.441:00.54
top 47.6%1,105 / 2,620
Pyraminx10.7221.92
top 58.5%2,844 / 4,858
4×41:27.43
early days — 3 solves1,749 / 3,118

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

Ajax First-Timers 2022: 20.88Appleby Winter A 2023: 14.88Pickering C 2023: 15.45Markham 3x3x3 Afternoon 2023: 14.64Ajax 3x3x3 Afternoon 2023: 12.92Appleby Fall B 2023: 13.36Pickering Fall B 2023: 12.89Scarborough Fall B 2023: 11.84Ajax 3x3x3 Newcomers A 2024: 12.9011.8420.8830 Oct 202224 Mar 2024

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 0.48 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.