People · United States
Taylor Black
3×3 · top 4.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024BLAC06
Taylor Black has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.81, set at Back to School Utah 2024, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,468th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since April 2024, he has put 55 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.99 in April 2024 to 8.81, a 12% improvement. Taylor has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.81 | 10.11 | top 4.4% | 2,468 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 49.09 | 53.87 | top 23.6% | 3,598 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.51 | 9.14 | top 23.9% | 6,503 / 28,708 | |
| 5×5 | 1:40.25 | 1:48.03 | top 35.6% | 2,826 / 9,401 | |
| 2×2 | 5.48 | 5.94 | top 45.1% | 18,204 / 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
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 Back to School Utah 2024.
- 13 Apr 2024First competition: Utah Puzzling for Awareness 2024. A 9.99 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Back to School Utah 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Utah Puzzling for Awareness 2024 · 13 Apr 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.
- Skye Bateman — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Isaac Myers — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Wilson Hettinger — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 9.09 away.
Targets move as he improves.