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True Becker
2×2 · top 8.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014BECK05
True Becker has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.50, set at Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2015, puts him in the top 8.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,497th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since November 2014, he has put 209 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.92 in November 2014 to 14.22, a 51% improvement. True has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 2.50 | 4.89 | top 8.9% | 3,497 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.58 | 7.21 | top 10.7% | 2,793 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 14.22 | 17.01 | top 21.7% | 11,767 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 7.11 | 12.71 | top 34.5% | 5,829 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.19 | 1:11.34 | top 38.8% | 6,308 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.75 | 34.06 | top 48.4% | 6,609 / 15,683 |
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
- 30 May 2015Five personal bests in one day at Melrose Spring 2015.
- 2 May 2015Three personal bests in one day at MIT Spring 2015.
- 11 Apr 2015First sub-15 3×3: 14.70 at Lexington Spring 2015.
- 11 Apr 2015Five personal bests in one day at Lexington Spring 2015.
- 6 Dec 2014First sub-20 3×3: 19.89 at MIT Fall 2014.
- 6 Dec 2014Four personal bests in one day at MIT Fall 2014.
Competitions
- MIT Fall 2015 · 12 Dec 2015
- Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2015 · 3 Oct 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2015 · 31 Jul 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Melrose Spring 2015 · 30 May 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- MIT Spring 2015 · 2 May 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Lexington Spring 2015 · 11 Apr 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- MIT Fall 2014 · 6 Dec 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Lexington Fall 2014 · 8 Nov 2014
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.
- Tim Reynolds — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead once
- Adam Glendye — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- JP Bulman — met in 39 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
Targets move as he improves.