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Grant Alan Cooper
3×3 · top 6.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022COOP05
Grant Alan Cooper has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.69, set at Utah Ice Cubing 2023, puts him in the top 6.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,632nd in the United States. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since September 2022, he has put 50 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.03 in September 2022 to 9.69, a 26% improvement. Grant has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 9.69 | 11.60 | top 6.6% | 3,632 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.89 | 31.25 | top 31.2% | 4,038 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 4.55 | — | early days — 3 solves | 13,363 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.86 | 15.28 | top 72.2% | 21,370 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:44.99 | — | early days — 2 solves | 13,381 / 19,072 |
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
- 10 Dec 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.77 at Utah Snowball Bash 2022.
- 10 Dec 2022Three personal bests in one day at Utah Snowball Bash 2022.
- 17 Sep 2022First competition: Gem State Side Events 2022. A 13.03 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Utah Ice Cubing 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Snowball Bash 2022 · 10 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Gem State Side Events 2022 · 17 Sep 2022
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.
- Mason Adams — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Graham Kaplan — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Jack Martin — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.69 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 3.89 away.
Targets move as he improves.