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Doowon Joo

3×3 · top 12.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2007 · 2007JOOD01

Doowon Joo has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.69, set at Princeton Open 2008, puts him in the top 12.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,214th in Canada. Across 8 competitions since May 2007, he has put 220 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.03 in May 2007 to 11.69, a 39% improvement. Doowon has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 12.8% of 284,439 all-time
11.69
signature single · Princeton Open 2008
220
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×311.6914.07
top 12.8%1,214 / 10,392
3×3 one-handed18.1922.03
top 15.6%331 / 2,620
2×23.415.58
top 19.1%1,273 / 7,173
Pyraminx8.7814.45
top 42.9%2,000 / 4,858
4×41:24.551:32.54
top 59.5%1,684 / 3,118
Clock20.68
early days — 2 solves648 / 1,029

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

Canadian Open 2007: 19.03Toronto Open Fall 2007: 14.46Toronto Open Winter 2008: 13.52Princeton Open 2008: 11.69canadianCubing Classic 2008: 12.40Niagara Open Summer 2008: 13.16Toronto Open Fall 2008: 12.09CanadianCUBING Fifty 2014: 15.9411.6919.0319 May 20075 Jul 2014

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 1.69 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 3.19 away.

Targets move as he improves.