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Trenton Beatty
3×3 · top 2.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2013 · 2013BEAT01
Trenton Beatty has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.96, set at PDX Cubing for Causes 2020, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,557th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since July 2013, he has put 363 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.96 in July 2013 to 7.96, a 20% improvement. Trenton 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.96 | 9.25 | top 2.7% | 1,557 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 33.98 | 39.42 | top 5.8% | 895 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 2.21 | 3.45 | top 6.3% | 2,504 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.61 | 20.32 | top 9.4% | 1,244 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.61 | 12.14 | top 24.7% | 6,750 / 28,708 | |
| 5×5 | 1:42.33 | 1:50.38 | top 37.1% | 2,964 / 9,401 | |
| 7×7 | 4:38.50 | 4:47.65 | early days — 3 solves | 1,275 / 3,184 | |
| Megaminx | 2:02.54 | 2:15.48 | top 47.2% | 3,491 / 7,841 | |
| 6×6 | 3:35.75 | 3:54.90 | top 57.1% | 2,171 / 4,196 |
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
- 15 Mar 2014Six personal bests in one day at Cube Kingdom II 2014.
- 21 Sep 2013Five personal bests in one day at Mid-Columbia Cubing Competition 2013.
- 26 Jul 2013First competition: World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013. A 12.13 3×3 single to start from.
- 26 Jul 2013First sub-10 3×3: 9.96 at World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013.
Competitions
- Eugene Cubing 2023 · 8 Jul 2023
- PDX Cubing for Causes 2020 · 8 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Keep Portland Weird 2019 · 14 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Keep Portland Weird 2017 · 4 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Eugene 2016 · 10 Dec 2016 — 1 personal best set
- PDX Cubing for Dougy 2016 · 19 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Puget Sound Fall 2016 · 15 Oct 2016
- Rose City Cubing Competition 2015 · 31 Jan 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Kingdom II 2014 · 15 Mar 2014 — 6 personal bests set
- Mid-Columbia Cubing Competition 2013 · 21 Sep 2013 — 5 personal bests set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013 · 26 Jul 2013 — 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.
- Chris Brotzman — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
- Kit Clement — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Benjamin Gottschalk — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.96 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 3.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.