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Ryan Baker
2×2 · top 2.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016BAKE04
Ryan Baker has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.47, set at Indianapolis Cubes Winter 2019, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 807th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since December 2016, he has put 639 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.09 in December 2016 to 7.79, a 59% improvement. Ryan has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.47 | 3.77 | top 2.0% | 807 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 7.79 | 10.24 | top 2.4% | 1,419 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 2.47 | 5.44 | top 2.8% | 406 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 32.99 | 38.34 | top 4.9% | 773 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.20 | 6.94 | top 8.7% | 2,229 / 28,708 | |
| 5×5 | 1:26.17 | 1:29.51 | top 24.2% | 1,881 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.70 | 28.05 | top 27.9% | 3,606 / 15,683 | |
| 6×6 | 2:54.67 | 3:02.94 | top 38.3% | 1,389 / 4,196 | |
| Clock | 26.97 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,082 / 8,927 |
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
- 29 Jul 2022Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022.
- 14 Dec 2019Five personal bests in one day at Indianapolis Cubes Winter 2019.
- 16 Aug 2019Five personal bests in one day at Indiana 2019.
- 18 May 2018Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2018.
- 9 Dec 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.80 at Wildcat Holiday 2017.
- 9 Dec 2017Three personal bests in one day at Wildcat Holiday 2017.
Competitions
- T-Town Showdown 2022 · 22 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022 · 29 Jul 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Gem City 2022 · 9 Jan 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Indianapolis Cubes Winter 2019 · 14 Dec 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Indiana 2019 · 16 Aug 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Wildcat Spring 2019 · 1 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing For Kyle 2019 · 30 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Florence Winter 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing For LLS Fall 2018 · 25 Aug 2018
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2018 · 18 May 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Howland Winter 2018 · 10 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Husky Showdown 2018 · 3 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Wildcat Holiday 2017 · 9 Dec 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2017 · 7 Jul 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Mishawaka Winter 2017 · 18 Feb 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Dayton Winter 2017 · 7 Jan 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Shaker Fall 2016 · 10 Dec 2016
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.
- Luke Garrett — met in 86 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Luke Van Laningham — met in 82 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zachary Garber — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 62 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.79 away.
Targets move as he improves.