People · United States
George Higgins
2×2 · top 5.8% of 189,179 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015HIGG01
George Higgins has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.14, set at Utah Spring: Gotta go Fast 2016, puts him in the top 5.8% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,340th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since October 2015, he has put 225 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.47 in October 2015 to 10.49, a 28% improvement. George has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 2.14 | 5.04 | top 5.8% | 2,340 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 10.49 | 11.40 | top 9.0% | 4,983 / 60,666 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.22 | 24.88 | top 23.9% | 3,100 / 15,900 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:50.60 | 2:58.94 | top 30.2% | 632 / 2,128 | |
| Square-1 | 26.83 | 31.62 | top 43.2% | 2,848 / 6,846 | |
| 4×4 | 1:31.35 | 1:35.11 | top 64.7% | 11,539 / 19,354 |
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
- 1 Jun 2019Three personal bests in one day at Wyoming Summer 2019.
- 24 Oct 2015First competition: Idaho Speedcubing 2015. A 14.47 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wyoming Summer 2019 · 1 Jun 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Wyoming Jackalope Dash 2018 · 11 Aug 2018
- CubingUSA Nationals 2018 · 27 Jul 2018
- Potato Open 2018 · 19 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Longmont Summer 2017 · 26 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Megacomp II 2017 · 11 Mar 2017
- US Nationals 2016 · 29 Jul 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Idaho Speedcubing 2016 · 9 Jul 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Spring: Gotta go Fast 2016 · 5 Mar 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Idaho Speedcubing 2015 · 24 Oct 2015
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.
- Damian Wilding — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Calvin Nielson — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Brendan Bakker (貝庭笙) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
Targets move as he improves.