People · United States
Dixon Short
2×2 · top 6.2% of 189,179 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018SHOR01
Dixon Short has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.19, set at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,490th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since January 2018, he has put 390 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 45.50 in January 2018 to 11.96, a 74% improvement. Dixon has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.19 | 3.54 | top 6.2% | 2,490 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 3.38 | 5.93 | top 7.1% | 1,110 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 | 11.96 | 13.66 | top 13.8% | 7,504 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.64 | 8.81 | top 17.4% | 4,691 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 56.91 | 1:08.59 | top 33.1% | 5,345 / 19,354 | |
| Clock | 14.66 | 16.53 | top 46.6% | 3,866 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.40 | 36.73 | top 47.6% | 6,575 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 2:12.34 | — | top 56.9% | 4,901 / 9,537 | |
| Square-1 | 35.54 | 43.96 | top 59.3% | 3,971 / 6,846 | |
| Megaminx | 2:43.94 | — | top 67.8% | 5,337 / 8,026 | |
| 6×6 | 4:11.35 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,756 / 4,262 | |
| 7×7 | 8:13.62 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,945 / 3,236 |
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
- 4 Nov 2023Ten personal bests in one day at North Carolina Championship 2023.
- 15 Jan 2023First sub-15 3×3: 12.72 at Niner Nation Open 2023.
- 15 Jan 2023Four personal bests in one day at Niner Nation Open 2023.
- 4 Dec 2021First sub-20 3×3: 15.31 at Rocky Top 2021.
- 4 Dec 2021Five personal bests in one day at Rocky Top 2021.
- 22 Jun 2019Four personal bests in one day at Cape Fear Cubing 2019.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- North Carolina Championship 2023 · 4 Nov 2023 — 10 personal bests set
- Niner Nation Open 2023 · 15 Jan 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Rocky Top 2021 · 4 Dec 2021 — 5 personal bests set
- Charlotte Winter 2020 · 4 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2019 · 23 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Rocky The Ram Cubes 2019 · 14 Sep 2019
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019
- Greensboro Summer 2019 · 20 Jul 2019
- Cape Fear Cubing 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2019 · 27 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Wolfpack Winter 2019 · 16 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- VES Spring 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2018 · 17 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Tar Heel Tango 2018 · 13 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Crossroads Cubing 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Wolfpack Winter 2018 · 21 Jan 2018
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.
- Silas Starling — met in 88 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Zachary Ochs — met in 86 rounds, never finished ahead
- Katie Hull — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.