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Ummon Karpe

3×3 · top 61.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2006 · 2006KARP02

Ummon Karpe has been competing for 21 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 29.55, set at Berkeley Fall competition 2007, puts him in the top 61.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 36,816th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since January 2006, he has put 37 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:48.77 in January 2006 to 29.55, a 73% improvement. Ummon has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 61.7% of 284,439 all-time
29.55
signature single · Berkeley Fall competition 2007
37
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×329.5532.87
top 61.7%36,816 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed1:06.501:20.56
top 87.4%13,269 / 15,683
3×3 Fewest Moves60 moves
early days — 1 solve1,918 / 2,040
2×236.9653.34
top 99.4%40,842 / 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

Caltech Winter competition 2006: 1:48.77US Nationals 2006: 43.35UC Berkeley Fall competition 2006: 42.97Caltech Winter competition 2007: 33.28Berkeley Fall competition 2007: 29.5529.551:48.7714 Jan 200617 Nov 2007

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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.

  • Lucas Garron — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Ryan Zheng — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Brian Kim — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 4.55 away.
  • A sub-1:00 3×3 one-handed single — 61,825 people have one; it is 6.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.