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Cooper Edward Stone

3×3 · top 6.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2020 · 2020STON02

Cooper Edward Stone has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.80, set at Longhorn Cube Day 2023, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,782nd in the United States. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since February 2020, he has put 126 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.17 in February 2020 to 9.80, a 54% improvement. Cooper has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.9% of 284,439 all-time
9.80
signature single · Longhorn Cube Day 2023
126
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.8011.86
top 6.9%3,782 / 59,724
Pyraminx4.187.80
top 8.6%2,205 / 28,708
2×23.284.17
top 17.5%6,877 / 40,951
4×450.3858.01
top 25.2%3,862 / 19,072
Skewb6.418.38
top 29.0%4,759 / 18,907
Megaminx1:46.572:01.36
top 38.5%2,758 / 7,841
3×3 one-handed27.3831.50
top 40.3%5,379 / 15,683
Clock13.7820.12
top 42.9%3,445 / 8,927
5×52:31.01
early days — 2 solves5,776 / 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

Trinity Valley Spring 2020: 21.17CubingUSA Texas Championship 2022: 11.11Cube With Intention in Denton 2022: 10.59Longhorn Cube Day 2023: 9.809.8021.1722 Feb 202028 Oct 2023

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.

  • Dylan Baumbach — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Ryan Pilat — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
  • CJ York — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.80 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.18 away.

Targets move as he improves.