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Eric Lee

3×3 · top 7.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2015 · 2015LEEE01

Eric Lee has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.91, set at Caltech Winter 2016, puts him in the top 7.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,963rd in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since April 2015, he has put 179 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.33 in April 2015 to 9.91, a 35% improvement. Eric has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.2% of 284,439 all-time
9.91
signature single · Caltech Winter 2016
179
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.9112.49
top 7.2%3,963 / 59,724
2×23.205.23
top 16.6%6,516 / 40,951
Pyraminx7.087.98
top 28.5%7,872 / 28,708
4×454.751:00.09
top 30.4%4,787 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed24.6426.99
top 33.2%4,357 / 15,683
Skewb8.2115.53
top 42.9%7,522 / 18,907

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

Orange Coast Puzzle Meet 2015: 15.33San Diego Summer Splash 2015: 12.17Alliance for Education 2015: 13.83SoCal Supercomp 2015: 15.06Caltech Fall 2015: 11.72Nub Open 2016: 11.06Caltech Winter 2016: 9.91Poly Cubed 2016: 10.70Newport Fall 2016: 10.92Qualifornia 2017: 12.279.9115.3318 Apr 201525 Mar 2017

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.91 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.20 away.

Targets move as he improves.