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Spencer Biske
Skewb · top 2.4% of 74,164 all-time · competing since August 2015 · 2015BISK01
Spencer Biske has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.37, set at SCC Winter 2018, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 369th in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since August 2015, he has put 242 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.11 in August 2015 to 14.35, a 51% improvement. Spencer has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.37 | 4.48 | top 2.4% | 369 / 19,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.29 | 8.50 | top 22.2% | 6,061 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 14.35 | 16.45 | top 22.3% | 12,222 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.75 | 5.19 | top 23.4% | 9,302 / 41,674 | |
| Square-1 | 24.28 | 30.48 | top 37.5% | 2,472 / 6,846 | |
| 4×4 | 1:34.60 | 1:55.76 | top 67.0% | 12,034 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 43.94 | 45.82 | top 70.5% | 10,253 / 15,900 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:58.47 | — | top 79.2% | 1,662 / 2,128 | |
| 5×5 | 3:35.75 | — | early days — 1 solve | 8,286 / 9,537 |
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
- 20 Jan 2018Three personal bests in one day at SCC Winter 2018.
- 10 Jun 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.35 at SCC Summer 2017.
- 18 Feb 2017Four personal bests in one day at Mishawaka Winter 2017.
- 9 Jan 2016Five personal bests in one day at Queen City 2016.
- 7 Nov 2015First sub-20 3×3: 18.82 at Kansas City Cubing 2015.
- 22 Aug 2015First competition: Cubic Catastrophe 2015. A 29.11 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Gateway Ravioli Spring 2018 · 22 Apr 2018
- SCC Winter 2018 · 20 Jan 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- ChicaGhosts 2017 · 28 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2017 · 7 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- SCC Summer 2017 · 10 Jun 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Mishawaka Winter 2017 · 18 Feb 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Dixon Fall 2016 · 8 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Queen City 2016 · 9 Jan 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Kansas City Cubing 2015 · 7 Nov 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubic Catastrophe 2015 · 22 Aug 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.
- James Hildreth — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Blake Thompson — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Brian Johnson — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,031 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 26,233 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
Targets move as he improves.