People · United States
Taylor Bolas
3×3 · top 34.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2015 · 2015BOLA02
Taylor Bolas has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.14, set at CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2018, puts him in the top 34.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19,253rd in the United States. Across 7 competitions since September 2015, he has put 98 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 24% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.32 in September 2015 to 18.14, a 34% improvement. Taylor has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 18.14 | 24.74 | top 34.5% | 19,253 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 40 moves | — | top 48.3% | 1,031 / 2,040 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.05 | 45.92 | top 49.0% | 6,729 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 6.35 | 9.92 | top 54.5% | 22,263 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.34 | 14.69 | top 55.7% | 16,272 / 28,708 | |
| Square-1 | 1:46.78 | — | early days — 1 solve | 6,632 / 6,743 |
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
- 27 Aug 2016First sub-20 3×3: 19.62 at Oregon 2016.
- 19 Sep 2015First competition: Keep Portland Weird 2015. A 27.32 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2018 · 10 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Northwest Championships 2017 · 11 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Keep Portland Weird 2017 · 4 Mar 2017
- Oregon 2016 · 27 Aug 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2016 · 29 Jul 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Rose City 2016 · 21 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Keep Portland Weird 2015 · 19 Sep 2015
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.
- Matthew Dickman — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nathan Raber — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Kit Clement — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.14 away.
- A sub-30 3×3 one-handed single — 34,382 people have one; it is 1.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.