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Cole Knetsen

3×3 · top 43.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018KNET01

Cole Knetsen has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.09, set at Acadiana Classic 2019, puts him in the top 43.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 24,608th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since June 2018, he has put 71 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 20% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.42 in June 2018 to 21.09, a 28% improvement. Cole has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 43.0% of 284,439 all-time
21.09
signature single · Acadiana Classic 2019
71
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×321.0932.86
top 43.0%24,608 / 59,724
Pyraminx12.2416.24
top 68.7%20,324 / 28,708
2×29.1810.96
top 74.4%30,790 / 40,951
Clock40.19
early days — 2 solves8,373 / 8,927
Skewb32.13
early days — 1 solve18,654 / 18,907

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

Cajun Cube Clash 2018: 29.42Fleur-de-lis Fall 2018: 32.11Cubalaya 2019: 29.14Acadiana Classic 2019: 21.09Cajun Cube Clash 2019: 25.2821.0932.1123 Jun 201829 Jun 2019

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.

  • Judah Keelin — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Seth Talbot — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
  • RJ Gohn — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.09 away.
  • A sub-12 Pyraminx single — 86,891 people have one; it is 0.24 away.

Targets move as he improves.