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Rufus Banks
Skewb · top 13.4% of 73,281 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024BANK02
Rufus Banks has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 4.35, set at Michigan Championship 2024, puts him in the top 13.4% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,072nd in the United States. Across 6 competitions since April 2024, he has put 94 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.73 in April 2024 to 16.61, a 40% improvement. Rufus has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 4.35 | 11.35 | top 13.4% | 2,072 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.69 | 9.22 | top 25.4% | 6,944 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 3.97 | 5.01 | top 26.1% | 10,293 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 16.61 | 20.02 | top 29.8% | 16,346 / 59,724 |
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 Nov 2024First sub-20 3×3: 17.60 at Washtenaw Mini 2 2024.
- 29 Jun 2024Four personal bests in one day at Michigan Championship 2024.
- 14 Apr 2024First competition: Washtenaw Spring 2024. A 27.73 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Washtenaw Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Imagination Station A 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Washtenaw Mini 3 2024 · 20 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Washtenaw Mini 2 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Michigan Championship 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Washtenaw Spring 2024 · 14 Apr 2024
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.
- Caleb Lalik — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Doug Li — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Ansel de Jong — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
Targets move as he improves.