People · South Africa
Stephen Cotterrell
3×3 · top 6.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014COTT02
Stephen Cotterrell has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.81, set at Cape Town Open 2015, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 69th in South Africa. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since November 2014, he has put 376 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.63 in November 2014 to 9.81, a 28% improvement. Stephen has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.81 | 11.77 | top 6.9% | 69 / 2,164 | |
| 2×2 | 3.47 | 4.91 | top 19.8% | 204 / 1,510 | |
| 4×4 | 48.31 | 56.76 | top 22.5% | 67 / 491 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.42 | 12.79 | top 23.2% | 177 / 946 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.91 | 29.46 | top 31.2% | 88 / 467 | |
| 5×5 | 2:07.77 | 2:20.50 | top 54.1% | 97 / 221 | |
| Megaminx | 2:33.00 | 2:49.93 | top 62.6% | 128 / 266 |
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
- 6 Dec 2015First sub-10 3×3: 9.81 at Cape Town Open 2015.
- 6 Dec 2015Three personal bests in one day at Cape Town Open 2015.
- 30 Nov 2014Four personal bests in one day at Cape Town 2014.
- 23 Nov 2014First competition: Johannesburg 2014. A 15.55 3×3 single to start from.
- 23 Nov 2014First sub-15 3×3: 13.63 at Johannesburg 2014.
Competitions
- Cape Town Spring 2019 · 20 Oct 2019
- Speedcubes Cape Town 2019 · 20 Jan 2019
- Cape Town 2016 · 4 Dec 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Johannesburg 2016 · 27 Nov 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Cape Town Open 2016 · 26 Jun 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Cape Town Open 2015 · 6 Dec 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Johannesburg Open 2015 · 29 Nov 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Tuks Winter 2015 · 27 Jun 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Cape Town 2015 · 19 Apr 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Cape Town 2014 · 30 Nov 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Johannesburg 2014 · 23 Nov 2014 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Lindsay Hans — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 36 times
- Brendan James Gray — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 37 times
- Donovan Hale — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 38 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.81 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
Targets move as he improves.