People · United States
Paul Sperling
3×3 · top 4.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2015 · 2015SPER01
Paul Sperling has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.82, set at Atomic Fools 2017, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,531st in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since January 2015, he has put 403 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.84 in January 2015 to 8.82, a 56% improvement. Paul has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.82 | 10.98 | top 4.5% | 2,531 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.38 | 3.98 | top 7.8% | 3,122 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.42 | 21.54 | top 9.1% | 1,220 / 15,900 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.63 | 9.62 | top 24.9% | 6,898 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 58.57 | 1:08.19 | top 35.0% | 5,700 / 19,354 | |
| Skewb | 9.15 | 17.51 | top 49.5% | 8,983 / 19,164 | |
| Square-1 | 30.83 | 36.04 | top 51.0% | 3,386 / 6,846 | |
| Megaminx | 2:35.89 | 3:21.40 | top 64.2% | 5,000 / 8,026 | |
| 5×5 | 2:39.60 | 2:57.44 | top 70.3% | 6,275 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 8:15.74 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,029 / 2,128 |
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
- 1 Apr 2017First sub-10 3×3: 8.82 at Atomic Fools 2017.
- 1 Apr 2017Three personal bests in one day at Atomic Fools 2017.
- 10 Dec 2016Three personal bests in one day at Eugene 2016.
- 15 Oct 2016Five personal bests in one day at Puget Sound Fall 2016.
- 21 May 2016Five personal bests in one day at Rose City 2016.
- 9 Jan 2016First sub-15 3×3: 14.09 at Oregon State Alpha 2016.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Nationals 2017 · 7 Jul 2017
- Rose City 2017 · 20 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Eugene 3x3 Mania 2017 · 8 Apr 2017
- Atomic Fools 2017 · 1 Apr 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Keep Portland Weird 2017 · 4 Mar 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Eugene 2016 · 10 Dec 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- PDX Cubing for Dougy 2016 · 19 Nov 2016
- Puget Sound Fall 2016 · 15 Oct 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Oregon 2016 · 27 Aug 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2016 · 29 Jul 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Rose City 2016 · 21 May 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Oregon State Alpha 2016 · 9 Jan 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- PDX Cubing Beta 2015 · 21 Nov 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Keep Portland Weird 2015 · 19 Sep 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Rose City Cubing Competition 2015 · 31 Jan 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 his.
- Tyler Halgren — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Chris Brotzman — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
- Kit Clement — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.