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Eric King

3×3 · top 94.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2009 · 2009KING01

Eric King has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 1:09.91, set at World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013, puts him in the top 94.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 57,517th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since August 2009, he has put 34 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 2:44.30 in August 2009 to 1:09.91, a 57% improvement. Eric has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 94.8% of 284,439 all-time
1:09.91
signature single · World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013
34
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×31:09.911:30.92
top 94.8%57,517 / 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

Nisei Week Open 2009: 2:44.30Stanford Fall competition 2009: 2:00.15Discovery Science Center Winter 2009: 1:33.83Nisei Week Open 2010: 1:25.00United States National Championships 2012: 1:15.50World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 1:09.91Nisei Week 2013: 1:12.801:09.912:44.3022 Aug 200917 Aug 2013

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-1:00 3×3 single — 260,367 people have one; it is 9.91 away.

Targets move as he improves.