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Silas Dowers
2×2 · top 25.1% of 189,179 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024DOWE01
Silas Dowers has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.89, set at Super Duper San Diego 2024, puts him in the top 25.1% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,011th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since January 2024, he has put 67 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.31 in January 2024 to 16.74, a 45% improvement. Silas has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 3.89 | 7.28 | top 25.1% | 10,011 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 6.20 | 12.04 | top 27.4% | 4,519 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 | 16.74 | 23.88 | top 30.3% | 16,916 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.02 | 12.79 | top 53.1% | 15,752 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 1:42.10 | — | early days — 2 solves | 13,177 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 45.51 | — | early days — 3 solves | 10,546 / 15,900 |
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
- 16 Mar 2024First sub-30 3×3: 16.74 at San Diego Newcomers 2024.
- 16 Mar 2024First sub-20 3×3: 16.74 at San Diego Newcomers 2024.
- 7 Jan 2024First competition: UCSD Winter 2024. A 30.31 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Super Duper San Diego 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- San Diego Newcomers 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- UCSD Winter 2024 · 7 Jan 2024
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.
- Knox Gardinier — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Alexander Watson — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Henry Helmuth — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
- A sub-6 Skewb single — 19,128 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.