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Stephen Cooper

3×3 · top 46.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2020 · 2020COOP01

Stephen Cooper has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.48, set at South Perth Summer 2020, puts him in the top 46.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,791st in Australia. Across 8 competitions since November 2020, he has put 59 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 6 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.48 in November 2020 to 22.48, a 26% improvement. Stephen has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 46.7% of 284,439 all-time
22.48
signature single · South Perth Summer 2020
59
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×322.4829.80
top 46.7%4,791 / 11,709
2×26.9410.48
top 59.9%4,815 / 8,567

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

Speedy South Perth 2020: 30.48Cubing with the Cows 2020: 29.47South Perth Summer 2020: 22.48York Cube Day 2021: 31.12Showground Showdown 2021: 34.18Perth 10 Year Anniversary 2021: 29.65Australian Nationals 2022: 26.04WA State Championship 2025: 27.6022.4834.1814 Nov 202013 Sep 2025

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 2.48 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.94 away.

Targets move as he improves.