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AJ Murphy

3×3 · top 30.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023MURP01

AJ Murphy has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.84, set at Middleboro Cubikon 2023, puts him in the top 30.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16,787th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since January 2023, he has put 55 official solves on the record across nine events. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.81 in January 2023 to 16.84, a 29% improvement. AJ has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 30.5% of 284,439 all-time
16.84
signature single · Middleboro Cubikon 2023
55
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×316.8418.01
top 30.5%16,787 / 59,724
2×24.616.92
top 34.4%13,688 / 40,951
Square-126.9043.60
top 43.3%2,814 / 6,743
4×41:29.081:46.56
top 62.9%11,011 / 19,072
Pyraminx11.5814.27
top 64.5%19,052 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed49.76
early days — 2 solves11,164 / 15,683
Clock31.25
early days — 1 solve7,637 / 8,927
Megaminx4:10.43
early days — 2 solves7,365 / 7,841
5×54:26.39
early days — 2 solves8,979 / 9,401

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

Puzzling in Providence 2023: 23.81Middleboro Cubikon 2023: 16.84Northampton Fall A 2023: 17.0616.8423.817 Jan 20234 Nov 2023

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.84 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.