People · United States
Eric Sele
2×2 · top 6.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014SELE02
Eric Sele has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.22, set at Caltech Fall Open 2014, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,535th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since November 2014, he has put 90 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.58 in November 2014 to 14.34, a 44% improvement. Eric has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 2.22 | 8.11 | top 6.4% | 2,535 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 14.34 | 24.14 | top 22.2% | 11,974 / 59,724 | |
| 5×5 | 2:25.48 | — | top 63.7% | 5,524 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 40.20 | 49.03 | top 65.6% | 9,313 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:41.56 | — | top 71.6% | 12,904 / 19,072 | |
| 7×7 | 7:42.04 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,748 / 3,184 | |
| 6×6 | 5:33.57 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,594 / 4,196 |
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
- 22 Feb 2020First sub-20 3×3: 14.34 at Mudd Winter 2020.
- 22 Feb 2020First sub-15 3×3: 14.34 at Mudd Winter 2020.
- 8 Nov 2014First competition: Caltech Fall Open 2014. A 25.58 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Mudd Winter 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- San Diego Summer 2019 · 31 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Nisei Week 2019 · 17 Aug 2019
- SoCal Supercomp 2015 · 27 Jun 2015 — 1 personal best set
- San Diego Summer Splash 2015 · 23 May 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Orange Coast Puzzle Meet 2015 · 18 Apr 2015
- Caltech Winter Open 2015 · 21 Feb 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Nub Open 2015 · 17 Jan 2015
- Caltech Fall Open 2014 · 8 Nov 2014
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.
- Michael Young — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Alex Davani — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Shane Grogan — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.34 away.
Targets move as he improves.