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Walter Spickler
3×3 · top 7.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017SPIC03
Walter Spickler has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.97, set at Central Arkansas Summer 2018, puts him in the top 7.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,050th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since September 2017, he has put 215 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.03 in September 2017 to 9.97, a 45% improvement. Walter has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 9.97 | 12.69 | top 7.4% | 4,050 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.87 | 4.79 | top 12.8% | 5,017 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.33 | 8.14 | top 15.3% | 4,007 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 5.51 | 9.45 | top 22.1% | 3,515 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 48.77 | 53.41 | top 23.1% | 3,520 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.90 | 29.93 | top 39.1% | 5,203 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 2:07.80 | 2:27.31 | top 54.1% | 4,582 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 2:46.04 | — | early days — 3 solves | 5,284 / 7,841 | |
| Clock | 52.70 | — | early days — 1 solve | 8,761 / 8,927 |
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 Jun 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.97 at Central Arkansas Summer 2018.
- 30 Jun 2018Four personal bests in one day at Central Arkansas Summer 2018.
- 21 Apr 2018Four personal bests in one day at Rocket City 3.0 2018.
- 17 Feb 2018Five personal bests in one day at Grind City 2018.
- 14 Oct 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.59 at Rocket City 2.0 2017.
- 15 Sep 2017First competition: Music City Fall 2017. A 18.03 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Grind City 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Central Arkansas Summer 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Rocket City 3.0 2018 · 21 Apr 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Grind City 2018 · 17 Feb 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Rocket City 2.0 2017 · 14 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Music City Fall 2017 · 15 Sep 2017
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.
- Eli Parker — met in 40 rounds, never finished ahead
- Colin Crosskno — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Jacob Ambrose — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.97 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
Targets move as he improves.