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Mason Pasten

2×2 · top 4.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2013 · 2013PAST02

Mason Pasten has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.03, set at Melbourne Cube Day 2013, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 369th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since November 2013, he has put 53 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Mason has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.9% of 186,767 all-time
2.03
signature single · Melbourne Cube Day 2013
53
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×22.036.25
top 4.9%369 / 8,567
3×319.2725.98
top 37.9%3,666 / 11,709
4×41:36.781:58.16
top 68.5%1,985 / 3,051
3×3 one-handed1:07.47
early days — 2 solves2,278 / 2,659

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

Melbourne Cube Day 2013: 20.19Lifestyle Seasons Summer 2014: 19.27Melbourne Summer 2014: 23.8419.2723.8416 Nov 201315 Feb 2014

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.