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Edmund Rothfus

3×3 · top 15.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2008 · 2008ROTH03

Edmund Rothfus has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.47, set at A Bruin Cube Day Spring 2023, puts him in the top 15.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,307th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since December 2008, he has put 136 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.77 in December 2008 to 12.47, a 43% improvement. Edmund has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 15.5% of 284,439 all-time
12.47
signature single · A Bruin Cube Day Spring 2023
136
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.4714.63
top 15.5%8,307 / 59,724
2×24.085.79
top 27.5%10,868 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed25.3934.40
top 35.2%4,654 / 15,683
4×42:18.532:37.81
top 88.7%16,877 / 19,072

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

Carnegie Mellon Fall 2008: 21.77Newark Winter 2009: 19.49Carnegie Mellon Spring 2009: 18.97Carnegie Mellon Fall 2009: 14.71Carnegie Mellon Spring 2010: 17.75KCubing Fall 2017: 15.76Cubing 4 Kids 2018: 15.84A Bruin Cube Day Spring 2023: 12.4712.4721.777 Dec 200825 Mar 2023

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.

  • Dan Cohen — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
  • David Woner — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
  • Jason Baum — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 5 times

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.08 away.

Targets move as he improves.