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Sol Goodwin

3×3 · top 2.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2015 · 2015GOOD02

Sol Goodwin has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.55, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 18 2019, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,221st in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since April 2015, he has put 155 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.22 in April 2015 to 7.55, a 73% improvement. Sol has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.1% of 284,439 all-time
7.55
signature single · Bay Area Speedcubin' 18 2019
155
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.559.16
top 2.1%1,221 / 59,724
2×24.095.49
top 27.6%10,927 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed29.3437.80
top 45.1%6,106 / 15,683
4×41:22.551:41.67
top 57.9%10,012 / 19,072
Pyraminx15.0541.75
top 82.0%24,231 / 28,708

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

Berkeley Spring 2015: 28.22Berkeley Spring 2018: 12.16CubingUSA Western Championship 2018: 10.50Berkeley Summer 2018: 10.61Bay Area Speedcubin' 12 2018: 10.05Berkeley Fall 2018: 10.74Bay Area Speedcubin' 13 2019: 10.32Bay Area Speedcubin' 16 2019: 8.49Bay Area Speedcubin' 18 2019: 7.55SacCubing XI 2022: 9.33Bay Area Speedcubin' 29 AM 2022: 8.05Folsom Winter 2023: 8.027.5528.2212 Apr 201517 Dec 2023

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.55 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.