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Dexter Paulson

2×2 · top 14.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017PAUL03

Dexter Paulson has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.98, set at Sunny Showdown 2018, puts him in the top 14.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,504th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since February 2017, he has put 67 official solves on the record across six events. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.59 in February 2017 to 2.98, a 35% improvement. Dexter has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 14.0% of 186,767 all-time
2.98
signature single · Sunny Showdown 2018
67
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.985.19
top 14.0%5,504 / 40,951
Skewb6.6510.06
top 30.9%5,099 / 18,907
3×317.6223.17
top 32.9%18,261 / 59,724
Pyraminx8.1612.25
top 37.5%10,695 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed42.90
early days — 2 solves9,918 / 15,683
4×41:57.08
early days — 1 solve14,904 / 19,072

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

For The Love Of Cubing 2017: 4.59Cubing Knights 2017: 3.16Sunny Showdown 2018: 2.982.984.5911 Feb 201728 Apr 2018

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
  • A sub-6 Skewb single — 18,841 people have one; it is 0.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.