People · United States
Valen Potloff
3×3 · top 45.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023POTL01
Valen Potloff has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.90, set at Westview Cubing Favorites 2024, puts him in the top 45.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 26,037th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since June 2023, he has put 25 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 45.72 in June 2023 to 21.90, a 52% improvement. Valen has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 21.90 | 25.95 | top 45.2% | 26,037 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 10.00 | 11.81 | top 77.9% | 32,273 / 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
- 7 Oct 2023First sub-30 3×3: 27.91 at UCSD Extravaganza 2023.
- 3 Jun 2023First competition: UCSD For Hemophilia 2023. A 45.72 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Westview Cubing Favorites 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- San Diego Big Cub 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Extravaganza 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD For Hemophilia 2023 · 3 Jun 2023
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.
- Eric Yang — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
- Dylan Govic — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kyeongmin Choi (최경민) — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.90 away.
- A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 2.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.