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Ryan Crossman

2×2 · top 10.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016CROS04

Ryan Crossman has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.61, set at WPI Winter Cube Day 2018, puts him in the top 10.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,938th in the United States. Across 20 competitions since June 2016, he has put 304 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.36 in June 2016 to 11.13, a 66% improvement. Ryan has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 10.0% of 186,767 all-time
2.61
signature single · WPI Winter Cube Day 2018
304
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.614.83
top 10.0%3,938 / 40,951
3×311.1313.02
top 10.9%5,898 / 59,724
Pyraminx5.217.62
top 14.5%3,796 / 28,708
4×41:07.271:13.14
top 44.2%7,309 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed35.0949.30
top 57.4%7,996 / 15,683
Skewb12.3918.15
top 67.9%12,730 / 18,907
5×53:27.06
early days — 3 solves7,953 / 9,401

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

Lexington Summer 2016: 32.36Sharon Summer 2016: 29.08Quabbin Open 2016: 21.11Weston Spring 2017: 27.58Maybe Melrose Spring 2017: 22.10Quabbin Spring 2017: 17.77Lexington Summer 2017: 15.79Sharon Summer 2017: 18.73WPI Fall Cube Fest 2017: 14.35Weston Fall 2017: 17.93Cubing with the Viking 2017: 14.60Framingham Frozen Fingers 2018: 11.88WPI Winter Cube Day 2018: 13.49BU Spring 2018: 14.13Connect Community 2018: 11.55MIT Fall 2018: 11.30The Battle of Lexington 2018: 11.13Boston University Winter 2019: 12.50The Battle of Lexington 2019: 11.38Saint John's Scramble 2023: 13.4911.1332.3625 Jun 20161 Apr 2023

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.

  • Alex Cohen — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
  • Will Russo — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Derek White — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 16 times

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.13 away.

Targets move as he improves.