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Cole Van Leer
Square-1 · top 17.7% of 25,272 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023LEER09
Cole Van Leer has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 15.57, set at Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025, puts him in the top 17.7% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,200th in the United States. Across 12 competitions since October 2023, he has put 154 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 34.17 in October 2023 to 17.83, a 48% improvement. Cole has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 15.57 | 23.31 | top 17.7% | 1,200 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 | 17.83 | 20.83 | top 33.6% | 18,672 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.23 | 13.53 | top 38.2% | 10,893 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 7.74 | 11.45 | top 39.3% | 6,763 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 5.73 | 6.96 | top 48.0% | 19,439 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 15.98 | 17.14 | top 51.8% | 4,244 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 38.52 | 45.70 | top 63.2% | 8,923 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:43.82 | — | top 73.1% | 13,233 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 3:21.19 | — | top 81.2% | 6,449 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 3:36.92 | — | early days — 1 solve | 8,185 / 9,401 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 18 Jan 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.36 at Bethesda Winter Wonderland 2025.
- 18 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Bethesda Winter Wonderland 2025.
- 9 Nov 2024Four personal bests in one day at Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2024.
- 21 Sep 2024First sub-30 3×3: 23.55 at UMBC Fall 2024.
- 21 Oct 2023First competition: River Hill Fall 2023. A 34.17 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UMBC Winter 2026 · 14 Feb 2026
- Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- River Hill Spring 2025 · 26 Apr 2025
- EVO Sports Expo Cubing - Santa Clara 2025 · 12 Apr 2025
- Slow N Steady UMD Spring 2025 · 23 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Bethesda Winter Wonderland 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- River Hill Fall 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- UMBC Fall 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- River Hill Spring 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- UMBC Winter 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- River Hill Fall 2023 · 21 Oct 2023
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.
- Brad Hoffman — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
- Rich Tayag — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Stone Payne — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-15 Square-1 single — 4,160 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.