People · France
Paul Cotter
2×2 · top 4.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022COTT06
Paul Cotter has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.99, set at Solving by the Shannon 2023, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 202nd in France. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since July 2022, he has put 185 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.41 in July 2022 to 15.49, a 28% improvement. Paul has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | France | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.99 | 4.92 | top 4.7% | 202 / 3,074 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.95 | 8.84 | top 12.9% | 320 / 2,148 | |
| 3×3 | 15.49 | 19.23 | top 26.1% | 1,225 / 4,746 | |
| Skewb | 7.07 | 15.37 | top 34.2% | 471 / 1,291 |
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 Nov 2022First sub-20 3×3: 18.47 at Irish Championship 2022.
- 4 Nov 2022Three personal bests in one day at Irish Championship 2022.
- 24 Jul 2022First competition: Cubing with the Cats Sunday 2022. A 22.74 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tuam Winter 2023 · 4 Nov 2023
- Solving by the Shannon 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Belfast Winter 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Tuam Open Sunday 2022 · 27 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Irish Championship 2022 · 4 Nov 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Dublin Open Saturday 2022 · 20 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing with the Cats Sunday 2022 · 24 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Tymon Szalinski — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Iollan Walsh — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Brúin Fahy — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
Targets move as he improves.