People · United States
Cooper Work
Square-1 · top 3.3% of 25,272 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016WORK01
Cooper Work has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 8.18, set at Ohio State Spring 2024, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 241st in the United States. Until November 2013, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since April 2016, he has put 315 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.53 in April 2016 to 9.32, a 70% improvement. Cooper has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 8.18 | 12.80 | top 3.3% | 241 / 6,743 | |
| Skewb | 3.05 | 4.79 | top 5.2% | 806 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 9.32 | 12.93 | top 5.6% | 3,142 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.89 | 3.97 | top 13.0% | 5,116 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.48 | 10.41 | top 23.7% | 6,425 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.52 | 29.28 | top 30.2% | 3,906 / 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 Apr 2024First sub-15 3×3: 9.32 at Ohio State Spring 2024.
- 21 Apr 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.32 at Ohio State Spring 2024.
- 21 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Ohio State Spring 2024.
- 25 Jun 2016First sub-20 3×3: 19.03 at Indiana 2016.
- 25 Jun 2016Four personal bests in one day at Indiana 2016.
- 7 May 2016First sub-30 3×3: 20.19 at Summit City Open 2016.
Competitions
- Return to Green OH 2026 · 29 Mar 2026
- Many Cubes in Mansfield 2025 · 7 Jun 2025
- Barberton Mini 2 2024 · 16 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- La La Land 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Eastwood Mall Summer 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Green Summer 2024 · 6 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ohio State Spring 2024 · 21 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Glass City Open 2017 · 16 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2017 · 18 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Indiana 2016 · 25 Jun 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Summit City Open 2016 · 7 May 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Dayton Spring 2016 · 2 Apr 2016
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.
- Braden Richards — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Zachary Garber — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Jack Pfeifer — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 Square-1 single — 766 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.