People · United States
Seth Downs
2×2 · top 9.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023DOWN07
Seth Downs has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.53, set at Connecticut Spring 2025, puts him in the top 9.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,622nd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since April 2023, he has put 243 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.76 in April 2023 to 11.19, a 51% improvement. Seth has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 2.53 | 4.21 | top 9.2% | 3,622 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 11.19 | 13.00 | top 11.1% | 5,996 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 5.05 | 10.01 | top 18.5% | 2,948 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.07 | 9.08 | top 20.5% | 5,511 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 12.98 | 16.60 | top 39.6% | 3,145 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.60 | 49.11 | top 50.3% | 6,926 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:15.03 | 1:25.58 | top 51.6% | 8,720 / 19,072 |
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
- 19 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at M Moves in Middlebury 2024.
- 7 Oct 2023Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA New England Championship 2023.
- 3 Sep 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.18 at Brookline Favorites 2023.
- 3 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at Brookline Favorites 2023.
- 13 May 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.83 at Connecticut Spring 2023.
- 22 Apr 2023First competition: Cape Cod 2023. A 22.76 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Connecticut Spring 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- M Moves in Middlebury 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing in Oak Creek 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Fall River Cubikon 2024 · 4 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Connecticut Winter 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Brookline Favorites 2023 · 3 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- OH in a Madison Ballroom 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Connecticut Spring 2023 · 13 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cape Cod 2023 · 22 Apr 2023
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.
- Ethan Zhuang — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead once
- Curtis Chai — met in 39 rounds, never finished ahead
- Clem Tucker — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.19 away.
Targets move as he improves.