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Graham Kaplan
3×3 · top 5.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019KAPL02
Graham Kaplan has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.21, set at Utah Snowball Bash 2023, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,997th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since April 2019, he has put 427 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 48.84 in April 2019 to 9.21, an 81% improvement. Graham has entered 18 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.21 | 12.90 | top 5.4% | 2,997 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.26 | 3.72 | top 6.7% | 2,653 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 3.81 | 6.88 | top 9.6% | 1,474 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 50.27 | 58.81 | top 25.1% | 3,839 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:32.13 | 1:43.53 | top 29.1% | 2,288 / 9,401 | |
| Clock | 10.80 | 12.45 | top 29.1% | 2,264 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.15 | 30.27 | top 29.2% | 3,769 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.60 | 8.99 | top 32.9% | 9,236 / 28,708 | |
| 6×6 | 3:37.42 | 3:45.06 | early days — 3 solves | 2,203 / 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
- 16 Dec 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.21 at Utah Snowball Bash 2023.
- 22 Oct 2022Four personal bests in one day at Utah Championship 2022.
- 23 Oct 2021First sub-20 3×3: 13.55 at Utah Fall 2021.
- 23 Oct 2021First sub-15 3×3: 13.55 at Utah Fall 2021.
- 21 Sep 2019First sub-30 3×3: 22.57 at Resticker Utah 2019.
- 13 Apr 2019First competition: Utah's April Surprise 2019. A 48.84 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Utah Snowball Bash 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Valley Open 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Summer Side Events B 2023 · 1 Jul 2023
- Utah Ice Cubing 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Idaho Freeze Dried 2023 · 14 Jan 2023
- Utah Snowball Bash 2022 · 10 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Posthaste Potato Solving 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Championship 2022 · 22 Oct 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Gem State Side Events 2022 · 17 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Back to School Utah 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah's California Gull Extravaganza 2022 · 20 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Idaho Spudcubing II 2021 · 11 Dec 2021 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2021 · 26 Nov 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Fall 2021 · 23 Oct 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Perfect Vision Provo 2020 · 18 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Resticker Utah 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah's California Gull Extravaganza 2019 · 15 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Utah's April Surprise 2019 · 13 Apr 2019
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 79 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Isaac Myers — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Eric Pesci — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.21 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.