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Karen Beck

3×3 · top 69.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023BECK16

Karen Beck has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 34.16, set at Idaho Championship 2024, puts her in the top 69.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 41,838th in the United States. Across 13 competitions since September 2023, she has put 64 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 1:17.94 in September 2023 to 34.16, a 56% improvement. Karen has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 69.3% of 284,439 all-time
34.16
signature single · Idaho Championship 2024
64
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×334.1646.50
top 69.3%41,838 / 59,724

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

Oregon Championship 2023: 1:17.94Idaho Spring Speedcubing Spectacular 2024: 58.29Burley Summer 2024: 49.78Big n Skewb Boise 2024: 49.73CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2024: 38.62Utah Cubing with Culture 2024: 43.38Idaho Championship 2024: 34.16Southwest Idaho Newcomers 2025: 41.33Burley Summer 2025: 44.18Boise One-Handed Blitz 2025: 47.70Gem State Sprint 2026: 35.84Meridian Marathon 2026: 39.56Gem State Side Events Idaho 2026: 39.0834.161:17.941 Sep 202325 Jul 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 4.16 away.

Targets move as she improves.