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Ross Bain

2×2 · top 31.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023BAIN03

Ross Bain has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.38, set at Edinburgh Winter 2024, puts him in the top 31.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,670th in the United Kingdom. Across 3 competitions since August 2023, he has put 50 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.18 in August 2023 to 19.70, a 32% improvement. Ross has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 31.4% of 186,767 all-time
4.38
signature single · Edinburgh Winter 2024
50
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×24.388.04
top 31.4%1,670 / 4,895
Pyraminx8.0711.08
top 36.8%1,471 / 3,656
3×319.7025.00
top 39.1%2,676 / 6,689

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

North Wales Summer 2023: 29.18Glasgow Autumn 2023: 19.70Edinburgh Winter 2024: 24.3419.7029.1812 Aug 202327 Jan 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-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.07 away.

Targets move as he improves.