People · United States
Sophie Berman
2×2 · top 4.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015BERM02
Sophie Berman has been competing for 11 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.00, set at St. Francis II: GYM 2016, puts her in the top 4.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,891st in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since October 2015, she has put 302 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 21.03 in October 2015 to 12.31, a 41% improvement. Sophie has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 2.00 | 4.28 | top 4.7% | 1,891 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.67 | 6.26 | top 11.2% | 2,922 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 4.15 | 4.96 | top 11.9% | 1,858 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 12.31 | 13.16 | top 15.0% | 8,002 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 52.00 | 56.32 | top 27.2% | 4,188 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 1:41.02 | 1:54.65 | top 35.2% | 2,510 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 1:46.55 | 1:59.31 | top 40.3% | 3,248 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.78 | 40.48 | top 50.7% | 6,982 / 15,683 |
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
- 5 Mar 2016First sub-20 3×3: 12.87 at AZCubing Winter 2016.
- 5 Mar 2016First sub-15 3×3: 12.87 at AZCubing Winter 2016.
- 5 Mar 2016Five personal bests in one day at AZCubing Winter 2016.
- 11 Oct 2015First competition: Irvine Fall 2015. A 21.03 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- West LA Spring 2019 · 27 Apr 2019
- Newport Fall 2017 · 7 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Cerritos Open 2017 · 27 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Qualifornia 2017 · 25 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Winter 2017 · 25 Feb 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Caltech Fall 2016 · 12 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Newport Fall 2016 · 8 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Nisei Week 2016 · 20 Aug 2016
- US Nationals 2016 · 29 Jul 2016 — 1 personal best set
- TFTI San Diego 2016 · 29 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- St. Francis II: GYM 2016 · 24 Apr 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- AZCubing Winter 2016 · 5 Mar 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Berkeley Fall 2015 · 22 Nov 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Irvine Fall 2015 · 11 Oct 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 her.
- Isaac Langer — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jungwoo Kim (김정우) — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Sean Saito — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
Targets move as she improves.