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Steven Blackburn

3×3 · top 58.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2010 · 2010BLAC01

Steven Blackburn has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 27.63, set at Antelope Valley Winter 2013, puts him in the top 58.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 34,411th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since April 2010, he has put 59 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 12.14 in April 2010 to 6.83, a 44% improvement. Steven has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 58.1% of 284,439 all-time
27.63
signature single · Antelope Valley Winter 2013
59
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×327.6335.20
top 58.1%34,411 / 59,724
2×26.838.87
top 59.0%24,199 / 40,951

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

Moose Lodge 2010: 12.14San Diego Open 2010: 9.42Caltech Winter 2011: 8.97Caltech Spring 2012: 6.83Antelope Valley Winter 2013: 7.81Caltech Winter Open 2013: 7.566.8312.1410 Apr 201023 Feb 2013

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 2.63 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.83 away.

Targets move as he improves.