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Cole Hanson

2×2 · top 13.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016HANS07

Cole Hanson has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.91, set at Cubetcha 2017, puts him in the top 13.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,203rd in the United States. Across 7 competitions since November 2016, he has put 235 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.50 in November 2016 to 12.67, a 13% improvement. Cole has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 13.2% of 186,767 all-time
2.91
signature single · Cubetcha 2017
235
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.915.36
top 13.2%5,203 / 40,951
3×312.6715.82
top 16.3%8,728 / 59,724
Skewb5.079.55
top 18.7%2,975 / 18,907
Pyraminx7.3710.68
top 30.9%8,631 / 28,708
Square-124.4432.48
top 37.9%2,461 / 6,743
4×41:02.641:21.36
top 39.3%6,387 / 19,072
Clock13.4824.39
top 41.7%3,333 / 8,927
3×3 one-handed32.0444.49
top 51.3%7,078 / 15,683
5×52:27.75
top 64.7%5,630 / 9,401
Megaminx3:02.89
early days — 3 solves5,901 / 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

Cubetcha 2016: 14.50Mega Minnesota Winter 2016: 13.75Minnesota Cube Melt 2017: 15.64Cubetcha 2017: 13.85Fargo Fall 2017: 14.51North Star Cubing Challenge 2018: 13.46CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2018: 12.6712.6715.645 Nov 20169 Mar 2018

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 0.91 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.67 away.

Targets move as he improves.