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Simon Cole

3×3 · top 18.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016COLE01

Simon Cole has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.34, set at Canadian Open 2017, puts him in the top 18.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,763rd in Canada. Across 4 competitions since January 2016, he has put 137 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.32 in January 2016 to 13.34, a 23% improvement. Simon has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 18.6% of 284,439 all-time
13.34
signature single · Canadian Open 2017
137
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×313.3414.61
top 18.6%1,763 / 10,392
2×23.915.75
top 25.3%1,709 / 7,173
3×3 one-handed23.3727.70
top 29.8%665 / 2,620
Pyraminx8.1912.59
top 37.8%1,731 / 4,858
4×41:02.781:11.92
top 39.4%1,062 / 3,118
Skewb9.0213.50
top 48.5%1,322 / 2,907
5×52:22.282:33.86
top 62.1%824 / 1,499
Megaminx2:34.442:42.74
top 63.3%760 / 1,375
Square-148.541:05.52
top 74.8%701 / 952

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

Edmonton Open Winter 2016: 17.32Edmonton Limited Summer 2016: 14.63Canadian Open 2017: 13.34Cubing Under the Stars 2018: 13.6513.3417.3230 Jan 201620 Jan 2018

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.34 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.91 away.

Targets move as he improves.