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Gene Barton

3×3 · top 46.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2009 · 2009BART03

Gene Barton has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.50, set at MIT Fall 2009, puts him in the top 46.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 27,031st in the United States. Across 1 competition since November 2009, he has put 17 official solves on the record across five events.

3×3
best event — top 46.7% of 284,439 all-time
22.50
signature single · MIT Fall 2009
17
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×322.5024.82
top 46.7%27,031 / 59,724
2×26.809.96
top 58.7%24,074 / 40,951
4×41:53.03
early days — 1 solve14,450 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed57.661:00.80
top 82.5%12,318 / 15,683
5×54:23.97
early days — 1 solve8,960 / 9,401

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 story so far

  • 14 Nov 2009First competition: MIT Fall 2009. A 22.50 3×3 single to start from.

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.50 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.80 away.

Targets move as he improves.