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Colton Sowers

3×3 · top 19.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2013 · 2013SOWE01

Colton Sowers has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.45, set at AZCubing Summer 2019, puts him in the top 19.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,238th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since August 2013, he has put 53 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.97 in August 2013 to 13.45, a 33% improvement. Colton has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 19.0% of 284,439 all-time
13.45
signature single · AZCubing Summer 2019
53
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×313.4515.94
top 19.0%10,238 / 59,724
2×23.937.64
top 25.6%10,051 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed47.5450.95
top 74.4%10,781 / 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

Vancouver Open Summer 2013: 19.97Mid-Columbia Cubing Competition 2013: 17.54Cube Kingdom II 2014: 16.96AZCubing Summer 2019: 13.4513.4519.973 Aug 201331 Aug 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.

  • Janelle Tin — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Jashmin Tin — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
  • Dave Wing — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 7 times

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.45 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.93 away.

Targets move as he improves.