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Mason Ries

Pyraminx · top 43.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017RIES02

Mason Ries has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 8.86, set at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2018, puts him in the top 43.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,506th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since May 2017, he has put 33 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:37.16 in May 2017 to 39.31, a 60% improvement. Mason has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 43.6% of 129,321 all-time
8.86
signature single · CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2018
33
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx8.8613.53
top 43.6%12,506 / 28,708
3×339.3143.15
top 76.1%46,379 / 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

Minnesota Cube Melt 2017: 1:37.16Cubetcha 2017: 1:17.82North Iowa 2017: 53.45Race the Clock 2017: 54.77North Star Cubing Challenge 2018: 48.06Minnesota Cube Melt 2018: 39.3139.311:37.166 May 201712 May 2018

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-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 9.31 away.

Targets move as he improves.