People · United States
Sidney Kocen
2×2 · top 4.5% of 189,179 all-time · competing since February 2020 · 2020KOCE01
Sidney Kocen has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.95, set at DFW Winter Variation 2024, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,806th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since February 2020, he has put 424 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.00 in February 2020 to 11.64, a 64% improvement. Sidney has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 1.95 | 3.15 | top 4.5% | 1,806 / 41,674 | |
| Square-1 | 11.08 | 15.76 | top 8.2% | 595 / 6,846 | |
| Skewb | 3.83 | 5.07 | top 9.8% | 1,526 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 | 11.64 | 13.75 | top 12.7% | 6,904 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.97 | 8.10 | top 19.8% | 5,379 / 29,168 | |
| Clock | 9.87 | 15.12 | top 24.3% | 1,910 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.67 | 29.83 | top 30.7% | 4,013 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 59.44 | 1:07.75 | top 35.9% | 5,861 / 19,354 | |
| Megaminx | 2:34.37 | — | top 63.4% | 4,936 / 8,026 | |
| 5×5 | 2:36.22 | — | top 68.8% | 6,123 / 9,537 |
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
- 13 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at DFW Winter Variation 2024.
- 16 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Cube With Attention in Denton 2023.
- 26 Aug 2023Six personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023.
- 20 May 2023Four personal bests in one day at MYHM Puzzling in Plano 2023.
- 7 May 2023Six personal bests in one day at DFW Cubing Spring 2023.
- 5 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Solving in Shreveport 2023.
Competitions
- DFW Cubing Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024
- DFW Winter Variation 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Oklahoma Fall 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Longhorn Cube Day 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube With Attention in Denton 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- MYHM Puzzling in Plano 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Spring 2023 · 7 May 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Solving in Shreveport 2023 · 5 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Winter 2023 · 15 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Texas Championship 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Trinity Valley Spring 2020 · 22 Feb 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.
- Ryan Pilat — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Casey Ngo — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Dylan Baumbach — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
- A sub-10 Square-1 single — 1,557 people have one; it is 1.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.