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David Joseph

3×3 · top 9.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016JOSE01

David Joseph has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.66, set at Cape Town 2016, puts him in the top 9.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 99th in South Africa. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since June 2016, he has put 56 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.94 in June 2016 to 10.66, an 18% improvement. David has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 9.4% of 284,439 all-time
10.66
signature single · Cape Town 2016
56
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
3×310.6614.96
top 9.4%99 / 2,164
2×24.586.26
top 34.0%358 / 1,510
3×3 one-handed36.53
early days — 3 solves170 / 467
5×53:09.503:24.42
top 81.1%151 / 221

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

Cape Town Open 2016: 12.94Cape Town 2016: 10.6610.6612.9426 Jun 20164 Dec 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 0.66 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.58 away.

Targets move as he improves.