People · United States
Cooper Black
Pyraminx · top 24.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022BLAC05
Cooper Black has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 6.53, set at Nimble Hands in Noblesville 2024, puts him in the top 24.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,551st in the United States. Across 4 competitions since August 2022, he has put 56 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 41.80 in August 2022 to 23.69, a 43% improvement. Cooper has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 6.53 | 9.93 | top 24.1% | 6,551 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 23.69 | 30.74 | top 49.6% | 28,871 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 6.09 | 7.33 | top 51.8% | 21,136 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 11.81 | 18.46 | top 65.1% | 12,108 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:07.49 | — | early days — 2 solves | 13,354 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 21 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at Nimble Hands in Noblesville 2024.
- 25 Feb 2023First sub-30 3×3: 23.69 at Indiana Finally Returns 2023.
- 19 Aug 2022First competition: CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2022. A 41.80 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nimble Hands in Noblesville 2024 · 21 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Fort Wayne Favorites 2023 · 3 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Indiana Finally Returns 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2022 · 19 Aug 2022
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.
- Luke Garrett — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Graham Hartman — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Aiden Kamal Galles — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.69 away.
Targets move as he improves.