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Billy Russell
2×2 · top 31.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since February 2015 · 2015RUSS02
Billy Russell has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.40, set at Texas Two-Day Showdown 2017, puts him in the top 31.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,793rd in the United States. Across 8 competitions since February 2015, he has put 166 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.60 in February 2015 to 19.04, a 42% improvement. Billy has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 4.40 | 6.70 | top 31.7% | 12,793 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 19.04 | 20.56 | top 37.3% | 21,332 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.44 | 14.16 | top 56.4% | 16,755 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 35.13 | 43.66 | top 57.6% | 8,127 / 15,900 | |
| Skewb | 11.03 | 16.85 | top 61.0% | 11,390 / 19,164 | |
| 4×4 | 1:42.09 | — | early days — 1 solve | 13,175 / 19,354 | |
| Clock | 27.29 | 32.45 | top 80.7% | 7,333 / 9,172 |
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
- 14 Nov 2015First sub-20 3×3: 19.47 at HOOAH SMA 2015.
- 30 May 2015First sub-30 3×3: 26.63 at Small Cubes Open 2015.
- 30 May 2015Five personal bests in one day at Small Cubes Open 2015.
- 7 Feb 2015First competition: SMA Winter 2015. A 32.60 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Yeehaw 2017 · 7 Oct 2017
- Southern Championships 2017 · 15 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Texas Two-Day Showdown 2017 · 9 Jun 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Do the Cube at the DoSeum 2016 · 1 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- HOOAH SMA 2015 · 14 Nov 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Texas Two-Day Showdown 2015 · 13 Jun 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Small Cubes Open 2015 · 30 May 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- SMA Winter 2015 · 7 Feb 2015
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.
- Shonathon Collins — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Dawson Gonzalez — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Christina Blackburn — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 4.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.