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Ryan Cole

2×2 · top 18.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016COLE06

Ryan Cole has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.38, set at Indianapolis Cubes 2019, puts him in the top 18.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,342nd in the United States. Across 11 competitions since June 2016, he has put 153 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.04 in June 2016 to 15.11, a 56% improvement. Ryan has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 18.7% of 186,767 all-time
3.38
signature single · Indianapolis Cubes 2019
153
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.384.72
top 18.7%7,342 / 40,951
3×315.1119.89
top 24.8%13,485 / 59,724
Pyraminx7.108.26
top 28.7%7,921 / 28,708
Skewb8.2110.16
top 42.9%7,522 / 18,907
4×41:54.92
top 79.3%14,676 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed1:20.90
early days — 1 solve14,287 / 15,683

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

Indiana 2016: 34.04Michigan 2017: 21.06Indianapolis Cubes 2019: 25.69Cubing For Kyle 2019: 18.95Wildcat Spring 2019: 18.24Chicago Area Twist Spring 2019: 18.69Battle for Toledo 2019: 19.66Indianapolis Cubes Winter 2019: 15.11Gem City 2022: 19.58Three Attempts Chicago 2022: 18.6615.1134.0425 Jun 201618 Jun 2022

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.