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Patrick Plomin

2×2 · top 6.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023PLOM02

Patrick Plomin has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.18, set at WonderLand Education West Lafayette Fall 2024, puts him in the top 6.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,413th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since April 2023, he has put 125 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.98 in April 2023 to 11.42, a 33% improvement. Patrick has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 6.0% of 186,767 all-time
2.18
signature single · WonderLand Education West Lafayette Fall 2024
125
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 96% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.184.31
top 6.0%2,413 / 40,951
3×311.4212.57
top 11.9%6,383 / 59,724
4×447.6851.77
top 21.7%3,292 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed24.3828.39
top 32.5%4,251 / 15,683

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

Panthers Cube Day 2023: 16.98South Deerfield Side Events 2023: 13.08CubingUSA New England Championship 2023: 11.42Empire State Fall Favorites 2023: 13.52Northampton Fall A 2023: 12.61WonderLand Education West Lafayette Fall 2024: 11.7911.4216.9822 Apr 202326 Oct 2024

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 0.18 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.42 away.

Targets move as he improves.