People · Australia
Cooper Holmes
3×3 · top 0.16% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2021 · 2021HOLM01
Cooper Holmes has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.21, set at Tramsheds III: August Saturday 2024, puts him in the top 0.16% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 22nd in Australia. Until November 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since May 2021, he has put 635 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.96 in May 2021 to 5.21, a 60% improvement. Cooper has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 5.21 | 7.35 | top 0.16% | 22 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 1.36 | 2.20 | top 1.6% | 148 / 8,567 | |
| 4×4 | 28.26 | 33.94 | top 1.9% | 48 / 3,051 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.31 | 13.87 | top 2.2% | 56 / 2,659 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.62 | 4.59 | top 2.5% | 120 / 5,993 | |
| 5×5 | 1:01.21 | 1:17.71 | top 6.2% | 85 / 1,356 | |
| Square-1 | 13.19 | 21.58 | top 12.3% | 127 / 899 | |
| Skewb | 5.39 | 7.54 | top 21.1% | 550 / 3,534 | |
| Megaminx | 1:20.06 | 1:31.75 | top 21.9% | 266 / 1,277 | |
| 6×6 | 2:23.73 | 2:28.70 | top 22.4% | 136 / 641 | |
| Clock | 13.02 | 14.26 | top 39.7% | 409 / 1,095 |
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
- 20 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at Marrickville Many May Open 2023.
- 22 Jan 2023Five personal bests in one day at Cubing at The Cube Sunday 2023.
- 12 Nov 2022Three personal bests in one day at Maitland Spring 2022.
- 11 Jun 2022Four personal bests in one day at NSW Open 2022.
- 13 Feb 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.49 at Tramsheds Series Sunday 2022.
- 30 May 2021First competition: Newcastle Autumn 2021. A 13.76 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tramsheds III: August Saturday 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- G'day Maitland 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing at The Cube 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Sydney Summer 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Simple Sydney Sunday 2023 · 10 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing at Tramsheds Sunday 2023 · 27 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Newcastle Open 2023 · 23 Jul 2023
- Warm Up Sydney Sunday 2023 · 16 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Marrickville Many May Open 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Sydney Ultimate Clock Clash 2023 · 26 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- North Sydney Cube Day 2023 · 5 Mar 2023
- Cubing at The Cube Sunday 2023 · 22 Jan 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Maitland Spring 2022 · 12 Nov 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- NSW Open 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Tramsheds Series Sunday 2022 · 13 Feb 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Newcastle Autumn 2021 · 30 May 2021 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Bryan Eng — met in 99 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Liam Highducheck — met in 93 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- James Kirschner — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead 65 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
Targets move as he improves.