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Creston Brooks

3×3 · top 3.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2014 · 2014BROO02

Creston Brooks has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.31, set at London Open 2017, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,901st in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since October 2014, he has put 576 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.33 in October 2014 to 8.31, a 64% improvement. Creston has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.4% of 284,439 all-time
8.31
signature single · London Open 2017
576
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.3110.92
top 3.4%1,901 / 59,724
2×22.302.89
top 7.0%2,793 / 40,951
Pyraminx4.465.63
top 10.0%2,604 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed18.3224.76
top 15.9%2,051 / 15,683
4×447.7152.40
top 21.8%3,302 / 19,072
Megaminx1:38.731:48.43
top 33.9%2,407 / 7,841
Skewb7.429.10
top 36.9%6,299 / 18,907
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves—
top 37.3%810 / 2,040
3×3 Multi-Blind6 of 7 cubes · 51:02—
early days — 3 solves300 / 731
3×3 blindfolded2:20.71—
top 40.4%851 / 2,092
Square-126.4636.92
top 42.3%2,748 / 6,743
5×52:01.532:10.21
top 50.1%4,203 / 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

Rice University 2014: 23.33US Nationals 2015: 16.46Dallas Back to School 2015: 14.33Dallas Winter 2015: 14.04OKCubing 2016: 10.72Dallas Spring 2016: 11.86Duke Summer 2016: 12.86Oklahoma Fall 2016: 10.45Dallas Fall 2016: 11.94South East Texas Open 2017: 9.62Dallas Winter Variation 2017: 11.82London Open 2017: 8.31Wake Up Late 2017: 10.24Parity for Charity 2017: 10.80Spring Forward 2018: 9.16Dallas Fort Worth 2018: 9.648.3123.3318 Oct 20149 Jun 2018

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.30 away.

Targets move as he improves.