People · Jamaica
Karen Brooks
2×2 · top 76.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015BROO01
Karen Brooks has been competing for 11 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 9.70, set at South Texas Open 2018, puts her in the top 76.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Jamaica. Across 8 competitions since May 2015, she has put 88 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 28% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside her 4 DNFs. Her 3×3 best has come down from 1:27.11 in May 2015 to 54.09, a 38% improvement. Karen has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Jamaica | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 9.70 | 23.95 | top 76.7% | 2 / 4 | |
| Pyraminx | 14.89 | 29.42 | top 81.4% | 2 / 3 | |
| 3×3 | 54.09 | 1:11.86 | top 88.6% | 5 / 6 |
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
- 4 Dec 2016First sub-60 3×3: 54.09 at Cape Town 2016.
- 4 Dec 2016Three personal bests in one day at Cape Town 2016.
- 30 May 2015First competition: Small Cubes Open 2015. A 1:27.11 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Southern Championship 2023 · 22 Jun 2023
- South Texas Open 2018 · 3 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017 · 13 Jul 2017
- South Texas Open 2017 · 20 May 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Cape Town 2016 · 4 Dec 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Johannesburg 2016 · 27 Nov 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015 · 17 Jul 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Small Cubes Open 2015 · 30 May 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 her.
- Anthony Brooks — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
- Brian Brooks — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Marcus Kamen — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 1.70 away.
- A sub-12 Pyraminx single — 86,891 people have one; it is 2.89 away.
Targets move as she improves.