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John Cook

2×2 · top 19.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018COOK04

John Cook has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.43, set at Tasmanian Open 2022, puts him in the top 19.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,456th in Australia. Across 117 competitions since January 2018, he has put 1,861 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one; 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:17.80 in January 2018 to 18.45, a 76% improvement. John has entered 117 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 19.3% of 186,767 all-time
3.43
signature single · Tasmanian Open 2022
1,861
official solves on the record
19%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×23.436.84
top 19.3%1,456 / 8,567
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves37.33
top 20.4%102 / 468
Skewb6.6311.96
top 30.7%846 / 3,534
3×318.4525.21
top 35.5%3,418 / 11,709
Pyraminx8.2913.87
top 38.7%2,085 / 5,993
Clock15.3018.32
top 49.1%508 / 1,095
4×41:37.701:55.60
top 69.1%2,005 / 3,051
3×3 one-handed46.331:08.88
top 73.1%1,768 / 2,659
Square-156.411:22.39
top 81.3%763 / 899
5×53:14.513:38.57
top 82.5%1,178 / 1,356
Megaminx3:30.764:33.70
top 83.8%1,147 / 1,277
6×66:26.226:53.15
top 93.1%600 / 641
7×711:08.0011:29.00
top 97.8%508 / 523

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

Hobart Summer 2018: 1:17.80Canberra Autumn 2018: 1:10.91Adelaide Winter 2018: 57.09Warm Up Sydney 2018: 50.66Australian Nationals 2018: 53.10Odd Day in Sydney 2018: 53.42Northside Cube Day 2019: 40.38Cool Down Sydney 2019: 40.04Koalafication Sydney 2019: 36.48Koalafication Melbourne 2019: 33.78Warm Up Sydney 2019: 38.77WCA World Championship 2019: 39.12Harold Park Classic 2019: 36.87Gold Coast Spring 2019: 50.41Fortitude Sydney 2019: 37.11Altona Algorithms 2019: 39.88Odd Day in Sydney 2019: 42.39Sydney Open 2019: 37.80Cebu Speedcubing Year End 2019: 36.26Surf Coast Cubing 2019: 37.65Going to The Gong 2020: 40.38Enjoyable Sydney Gathering 2020: 33.74Turn Around Tassie 2020: 31.01Sydney Re-Open Sunday 2021: 26.25Altona Algorithms Attempt 2 2021: 31.88Newcastle Autumn 2021: 30.48Adelaide Summer 2022: 32.21Melbourne Summer 2022: 30.53Tramsheds Series Saturday 2022: 25.57Tasmanian Open 2022: 26.62Brisbane Autumn 2022: 29.77Canberra Autumn 2022: 26.01NSW Open 2022: 27.21NSW Central West Winter 2022: 33.83Sydney Winter Sunday 2022: 19.80Australian Nationals 2022: 23.59Marrickville Mini Open AM 2022: 26.68South Coast Spring 2022: 27.41Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 24.54Orange Zest 2023: 26.08Cubing at The Cube Sunday 2023: 23.80North Sydney Cube Day 2023: 28.68Freo Cube-Off 2023: 33.42Chilling in Canberra 2023: 27.64Marrickville Many May Open 2023: 29.60Cubing in the Dilly 2023: 27.14Warm Up Sydney Saturday 2023: 25.38Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 25.72Cubing at Tramsheds Sunday 2023: 24.74Simple Sydney Sunday 2023: 26.39Sydney Summer 2023: 25.24Cubing at The Cube 2024: 29.23Melbourne Summer 2024: 22.38G'day Maitland 2024: 18.89Going Back to the Gong 2024: 24.79Tramsheds I: Newcomer Saturday 2024: 26.53Bay Area Speedcubin' 58 - Berkeley 2024: 28.99Tramsheds II: May Saturday 2024: 26.02Kiama Winter 2024: 26.90Chilling in Canberra Saturday 2024: 26.80Queensland Open 2024: 29.73Warm Up Portugalete 2024: 26.61Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 27.92Puzzling Parramatta 2024: 24.85Valenzuela Sides Challenge 2024: 24.59North Tasmania Spring 2024: 28.85Speedy Southport 2024: 23.89Maitland Spring 2024: 21.86Adelaide Summer 2025: 27.62Melbourne Summer 2025: 18.45NSW State Championship 2025: 26.94Lake Macquarie Open 2025: 26.29Tramsheds V: Autumn Saturday 2025: 25.95Coping in Auckland 2025: 24.22NZ North Island Championship 2025: 28.11Tramsheds VI: Winter Sunday 2025: 28.36North Tasmania Spring 2025: 23.30Australian Nationals 2025: 22.83Northern Territory Championship 2025: 24.39Nimble Newborough 2025: 22.54Algorithms in Antipolo III 2025: 22.61Australian Capital Territory Championship 2025: 25.25NZ North Island Championship 2026: 27.72NxNjoyable Sydney Gathering 2026: 21.97Orange 2026: 24.40Tamar Valley Turning 2026: 23.74Wagga Autumn 2026: 21.08Puzzling Parramatta 2026: 20.41Tramsheds IX: June Saturday 2026: 24.84Australian Nationals 2026: 22.35Tramsheds X: Winter Saturday 2026: 22.5718.451:17.8027 Jan 201829 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
  • A sub-6 Skewb single — 18,841 people have one; it is 0.63 away.

Targets move as he improves.