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Sterling Smith
2×2 · top 12.0% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024SMIT23
Sterling Smith has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.79, set at Vegas Cubing Cup Summer 2024, puts him in the top 12.0% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,791st in the United States. Across 3 competitions since March 2024, he has put 72 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.95 in March 2024 to 16.02, a 15% improvement. Sterling has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 2.79 | 7.14 | top 12.0% | 4,791 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 16.02 | 19.62 | top 28.0% | 15,538 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 11.81 | 14.85 | top 65.1% | 12,284 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 44.23 | 49.66 | top 70.8% | 10,309 / 15,900 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.64 | 17.42 | top 71.0% | 21,367 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 2:18.00 | — | early days — 2 solves | 17,080 / 19,354 |
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
- 24 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Vegas Cubing Cup Summer 2024.
- 23 Mar 2024First competition: Bobcat Battle Newcomers 2024. A 18.95 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Vegas Cubing Cup Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025
- Vegas Cubing Cup Summer 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Bobcat Battle Newcomers 2024 · 23 Mar 2024
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.
- Bobby Mundo — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead once
- Vincent Benites — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead once
- Maxwell Tsai — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 1.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.