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Stephen Bell

3×3 · top 40.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022BELL16

Stephen Bell has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.07, set at Rhode Island Winter 2024, puts him in the top 40.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 22,787th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since August 2022, he has put 22 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.12 in August 2022 to 20.07, a 17% improvement. Stephen has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 40.1% of 284,439 all-time
20.07
signature single · Rhode Island Winter 2024
22
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×320.0725.54
top 40.1%22,787 / 59,724
4×41:54.27
early days — 2 solves14,602 / 19,072

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

Cubing in Beverly 2022: 24.12Amherst Open 2022: 24.67Rhode Island Winter 2024: 20.0720.0724.6727 Aug 202221 Jan 2024

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
  • A sub-1:30 4×4 single — 53,325 people have one; it is 24.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.