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Dean Bateman

3×3 · top 19.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018BATE01

Dean Bateman has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.50, set at Olde Town Parker 2020, puts him in the top 19.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,325th in the United States. Across 11 competitions since May 2018, he has put 212 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.44 in May 2018 to 13.50, a 40% improvement. Dean has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 19.2% of 284,439 all-time
13.50
signature single · Olde Town Parker 2020
212
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×313.5016.16
top 19.2%10,325 / 59,724
Pyraminx7.0712.18
top 28.4%7,847 / 28,708
2×24.285.18
top 30.1%11,952 / 40,951
Skewb7.2812.04
top 35.8%6,077 / 18,907
4×41:44.83
top 73.7%13,369 / 19,072
Clock31.6347.87
top 86.4%7,686 / 8,927

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

Colorado Qualifier 2018: 22.44BeCubed Summer 2018: 19.27Pueblo Open 2018: 14.34Rocky Mountain Spring 2019: 13.65Colorado Qualifier 2019: 14.75Pikes Peak 2019: 19.25Denver Back to School 2019: 14.95Veterans Day Open 2019: 14.65Colorado Springs Winter 2020: 17.23Olde Town Parker 2020: 13.50Pikes Peak Returns B 2021: 14.3713.5022.4426 May 201814 Nov 2021

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.50 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.07 away.

Targets move as he improves.