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Craig Messina

3×3 · top 46.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017MESS03

Craig Messina has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.20, set at Wolfpack Quiet Qualifier 2018, puts him in the top 46.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 26,544th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since November 2017, he has put 19 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.63 in November 2017 to 22.20, a 17% improvement. Craig has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 46.0% of 284,439 all-time
22.20
signature single · Wolfpack Quiet Qualifier 2018
19
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×322.2025.53
top 46.0%26,544 / 59,724
2×216.8226.06
top 92.9%38,566 / 40,951

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

Raleigh Rubik's Rally 2017: 26.63Wolfpack Winter 2018: 24.08Wolfpack Quiet Qualifier 2018: 22.2022.2026.634 Nov 201729 Apr 2018

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.20 away.
  • A sub-15 2×2 single — 169,048 people have one; it is 1.82 away.

Targets move as he improves.