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Ari Mendel

2×2 · top 24.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2016 · 2016MEND27

Ari Mendel has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.88, set at WCC Western Championship 2022, puts him in the top 24.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,788th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since September 2016, he has put 15 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.48 in September 2016 to 16.81, a 56% improvement. Ari has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 24.9% of 186,767 all-time
3.88
signature single · WCC Western Championship 2022
15
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.886.84
top 24.9%9,788 / 40,951
3×316.8118.22
top 30.4%16,741 / 59,724

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

Berkeley Summer 2016: 38.48WCC Western Championship 2022: 16.8116.8138.4817 Sep 20167 Oct 2022

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.81 away.

Targets move as he improves.