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Ross Svensson-Hornbostel

2×2 · top 3.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2012 · 2012SVEN01

Ross Svensson-Hornbostel has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.77, set at Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2016, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 222nd in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 32 competitions since September 2012, he has put 1,085 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.36 in September 2012 to 9.25, a 71% improvement. Ross has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.4% of 186,767 all-time
1.77
signature single · Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2016
1,085
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
2×21.773.77
top 3.4%222 / 7,173
3×39.2510.87
top 5.5%526 / 10,392
3×3 one-handed14.5518.06
top 7.2%148 / 2,620
Pyraminx5.029.14
top 13.3%512 / 4,858
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves—
top 23.4%68 / 283
4×454.201:04.97
top 29.8%763 / 3,118
5×51:40.901:57.65
top 36.0%450 / 1,499
Megaminx2:03.692:23.07
top 47.9%539 / 1,375
6×64:10.474:27.53
top 68.9%401 / 665
Skewb12.8519.08
top 70.0%2,004 / 2,907
7×76:46.157:17.36
top 77.6%361 / 503

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

Waterloo Open Fall 2012: 31.36Toronto Open Winter 2013: 16.56Canadian Open 2013: 16.77Battle of Waterloo 2013: 14.02Toronto Open Spring 2014: 10.55Battle of Waterloo 2014: 13.15CanadianCUBING Fifty 2014: 12.52Michigan 2014: 11.93Toronto Open Fall 2014: 11.54Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2015: 13.07Toronto Open Winter 2015: 12.27Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2015: 9.79Toronto Open Spring 2015: 11.22Canadian Open 2015: 11.97Michigan 2015: 10.75Cubic Catastrophe 2015: 11.41MCC Gamma 2015: 10.62Médecins Sans Frontières Open 2015: 11.04Toronto Open Fall 2015: 10.69Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2015: 10.10Queen City 2016: 10.63Mishawaka 3x3 Day 2016: 11.76Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2016: 9.25Toronto Limited Spring 2016: 11.58Summit City Open 2016: 9.65Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2016: 11.02National Capital Region 2016: 9.53Newmarket Open 2016: 10.88Indiana 2016: 10.81CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 11.91Michigan 2017: 11.559.2531.3629 Sep 201219 Aug 2017

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.