People · Australia
Sebastian Bock
2×2 · top 3.9% of 189,179 all-time · competing since December 2020 · 2020BOCK01
Sebastian Bock has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.85, set at Albany Summer Solving 2024, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 306th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since December 2020, he has put 660 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.19 in December 2020 to 1.85, a 64% improvement. Sebastian has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.85 | 2.92 | top 3.9% | 306 / 8,727 | |
| Skewb | 2.88 | 4.56 | top 4.4% | 140 / 3,589 | |
| 3×3 | 9.20 | 11.07 | top 5.4% | 502 / 11,943 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.86 | 6.79 | top 7.0% | 312 / 6,109 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.71 | 20.17 | top 12.0% | 274 / 2,685 | |
| Square-1 | 15.30 | 19.93 | top 17.1% | 169 / 920 | |
| 4×4 | 44.28 | 47.16 | top 17.5% | 437 / 3,108 | |
| 5×5 | 1:23.67 | 1:31.61 | top 22.3% | 307 / 1,412 | |
| Clock | 10.90 | 13.88 | top 29.5% | 325 / 1,159 | |
| Megaminx | 2:05.95 | — | top 49.3% | 614 / 1,313 | |
| 6×6 | 3:19.14 | 3:22.82 | top 50.2% | 316 / 667 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:43.85 | — | early days — 1 solve | 289 / 399 | |
| 7×7 | 5:52.68 | 6:00.66 | top 66.0% | 322 / 540 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 27 Jan 2024Five personal bests in one day at Albany Summer Solving 2024.
- 28 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Australian Nationals 2023.
- 29 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at Perth Autumn 2023.
- 21 Jan 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.83 at Perth Summer 2023.
- 21 Jan 2023Eight personal bests in one day at Perth Summer 2023.
- 30 Sep 2022Four personal bests in one day at Australian Nationals 2022.
Competitions
- Albany Summer Solving 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Murdoch University Open 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Albany Summer Solving 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Perth Puzzle Party 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Australian Nationals 2023 · 28 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Perth Autumn 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Albany Summer Solving 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Perth Summer 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 8 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2022 · 30 Sep 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Albany Summer Solving 2022 · 5 Feb 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Perth 10 Year Anniversary 2021 · 11 Dec 2021 — 5 personal bests set
- WA State Championship 2021 · 17 Jul 2021 — 8 personal bests set
- York Cube Day 2021 · 10 Jan 2021 — 1 personal best set
- South Perth Summer 2020 · 19 Dec 2020
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.
- Amy Smith — met in 150 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
- Jonathan Charlesworth — met in 121 rounds, never finished ahead
- Joshua Hounslow — met in 118 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,031 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
Targets move as he improves.