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Austin Pitchford

3×3 · top 13.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015PITC01

Austin Pitchford has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.82, set at Alpharetta Open 2016, puts him in the top 13.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,112th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since May 2015, he has put 94 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.96 in May 2015 to 11.82, a 26% improvement. Austin has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.3% of 284,439 all-time
11.82
signature single · Alpharetta Open 2016
94
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.8216.75
top 13.3%7,112 / 59,724
2×24.195.28
top 28.9%11,485 / 40,951
Pyraminx7.6511.15
top 33.3%9,359 / 28,708
Square-125.06
early days — 3 solves2,551 / 6,743
Skewb9.5911.69
top 52.4%9,433 / 18,907
4×41:18.111:24.01
top 54.3%9,258 / 19,072
Megaminx2:21.39
early days — 2 solves4,297 / 7,841
5×52:31.80
early days — 2 solves5,810 / 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

Peach State 2015: 15.96US Nationals 2015: 16.76Athens Spring 2016: 13.50Alpharetta Open 2016: 11.8211.8216.7623 May 201523 Apr 2016

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.82 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.19 away.

Targets move as he improves.