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Cooper Swailes

2×2 · top 48.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018SWAI04

Cooper Swailes has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.76, set at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2019, puts him in the top 48.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19,578th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since November 2018, he has put 63 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 21% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 11.24 in November 2018 to 5.76, a 49% improvement. Cooper has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 48.3% of 186,767 all-time
5.76
signature single · CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2019
63
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×25.768.44
top 48.3%19,578 / 40,951
3×325.1328.80
top 52.9%30,952 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed42.531:11.32
top 68.8%9,847 / 15,683
Skewb13.8524.36
top 74.2%14,015 / 18,907

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

Independence Cube Day 2018: 11.24West Branch 2019: 9.75CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2019: 5.76CubeIowa 2019: 7.18North Liberty 2019: 7.005.7611.2410 Nov 201819 Oct 2019

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
  • A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 0.13 away.

Targets move as he improves.