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Cole Stanton

3×3 · top 48.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023STAN21

Cole Stanton has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 23.26, set at Barely Awake Boulder 2024, puts him in the top 48.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 28,217th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since October 2023, he has put 85 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:00.07 in October 2023 to 23.26, a 61% improvement. Cole has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 48.6% of 284,439 all-time
23.26
signature single · Barely Awake Boulder 2024
85
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×323.2634.40
top 48.6%28,217 / 59,724
Pyraminx10.0813.19
top 53.6%15,649 / 28,708
Skewb10.6619.75
top 58.9%10,809 / 18,907
2×26.948.69
top 59.9%24,595 / 40,951
Clock24.3928.54
top 75.6%6,606 / 8,927
3×3 one-handed2:26.57
early days — 2 solves15,551 / 15,683

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

The Art of the Cube Colorado 2023: 1:00.07CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023: 44.66Barely Awake Boulder 2024: 23.26Boulder Holiday Bash 2025: 26.7523.261:00.0714 Oct 20234 Jan 2025

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.26 away.
  • A sub-10 Pyraminx single — 68,530 people have one; it is 0.08 away.

Targets move as he improves.