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Curt Higgins

3×3 · top 81.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2008 · 2008HIGG01

Curt Higgins has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 44.80, set at San Francisco Open 2009, puts him in the top 81.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 50,182nd in the United States. Across 6 competitions since April 2008, he has put 30 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 52.83 in April 2008 to 44.80, a 15% improvement. Curt has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 81.9% of 284,439 all-time
44.80
signature single · San Francisco Open 2009
30
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×344.8051.89
top 81.9%50,182 / 59,724

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

Denver Open 2008: 52.83San Francisco Open 2009: 44.80Denver Open 2009: 47.18Berkeley Summer competition 2009: 49.31Boulder 2009: 49.69World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009: 45.6844.8052.8312 Apr 20089 Oct 2009

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 12 Apr 2008First competition: Denver Open 2008. A 52.83 3×3 single to start from.

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-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 4.80 away.

Targets move as he improves.