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Simon Whitworth

2×2 · top 12.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017WHIT13

Simon Whitworth has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.86, set at Derby City Open 2019, puts him in the top 12.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,976th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since December 2017, he has put 127 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.33 in December 2017 to 15.59, a 19% improvement. Simon has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 12.7% of 186,767 all-time
2.86
signature single · Derby City Open 2019
127
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.865.10
top 12.7%4,976 / 40,951
3×315.5918.13
top 26.4%14,431 / 59,724
Pyraminx7.689.61
top 33.5%9,446 / 28,708
4×41:32.842:13.77
top 65.7%11,611 / 19,072
Skewb21.34
early days — 2 solves17,626 / 18,907

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

Rocky Top 2017: 19.33CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2018: 18.53Cardinal Bird Fiesta 2018: 20.37Florence Winter 2019: 19.95Derby City Open 2019: 15.59Indianapolis Cubes 2019: 18.30Indianapolis Cubes Winter 2019: 17.53No Shoes Kentucky 2019: 16.7615.5920.372 Dec 201727 Dec 2019

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.