People · United States
Sol Goodwin
3×3 · top 2.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2015 · 2015GOOD02
Sol Goodwin has been competing for 12 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 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,256th 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 36,406 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.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.55 | 9.16 | top 2.1% | 1,256 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 4.09 | 5.49 | top 27.7% | 11,122 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.34 | 37.80 | top 45.2% | 6,201 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 1:22.55 | 1:41.67 | top 58.0% | 10,169 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 15.05 | 41.75 | top 82.0% | 24,644 / 29,168 |
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
- 11 May 2019First sub-10 3×3: 8.49 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 16 2019.
- 7 Apr 2018First sub-20 3×3: 12.16 at Berkeley Spring 2018.
- 7 Apr 2018First sub-15 3×3: 12.16 at Berkeley Spring 2018.
- 12 Apr 2015First competition: Berkeley Spring 2015. A 28.22 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Folsom Winter 2023 · 17 Dec 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 29 AM 2022 · 3 Apr 2022
- SacCubing XI 2022 · 27 Mar 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 18 2019 · 7 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 16 2019 · 11 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 13 2019 · 13 Jan 2019
- Berkeley Fall 2018 · 17 Nov 2018
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 12 2018 · 21 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Summer 2018 · 15 Sep 2018
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2018 · 15 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Spring 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Spring 2015 · 12 Apr 2015
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.
- Tyler Howlett — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jason Ostdiek — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Chris Martin — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.55 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
Targets move as he improves.