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Cole Laven

2×2 · top 25.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2013 · 2013LAVE01

Cole Laven has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.93, set at Hillsdale Fall 2013, puts him in the top 25.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,051st in the United States. Across 4 competitions since June 2013, he has put 52 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.18 in June 2013 to 25.49, a 35% improvement. Cole has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 25.6% of 186,767 all-time
3.93
signature single · Hillsdale Fall 2013
52
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.937.91
top 25.6%10,051 / 40,951
Pyraminx8.6411.54
top 41.7%11,954 / 28,708
3×325.4928.98
top 53.7%31,490 / 59,724
Skewb18.9923.60
top 88.0%16,921 / 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

New Albany 2013: 39.18Hillsdale Fall 2013: 33.94Blizzard Town 2014: 35.80Michigan May Madness 2014: 25.4925.4939.1815 Jun 201310 May 2014

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.64 away.

Targets move as he improves.