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Eric Reese

3×3 · top 18.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2010 · 2010REES02

Eric Reese has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.36, set at River Hill Spring 2011, puts him in the top 18.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,035th in the United States. Across 10 competitions since November 2010, he has put 155 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.93 in November 2010 to 13.36, a 62% improvement. Eric has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 18.7% of 284,439 all-time
13.36
signature single · River Hill Spring 2011
155
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×313.3618.22
top 18.7%10,035 / 59,724
2×25.166.92
top 41.3%16,613 / 40,951
4×41:07.861:29.34
top 44.8%7,432 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed32.5039.03
top 52.3%7,218 / 15,683
5×53:27.52
top 85.9%7,967 / 9,401
Pyraminx2:31.36
early days — 1 solve28,752 / 28,708

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

Princeton Fall 2010: 34.93River Hill Fall 2010: 29.11Liberty Science Center Open 2010: 20.96St. Joseph's College Winter 2011: 26.47Washington DC Winter 2011: 20.43Cornell Spring 2011: 15.43Park Ridge Open 2011: 17.21River Hill Spring 2011: 13.36Liberty Science Center Open 2011: 17.16Chesapeake Science Point Spring 2013: 18.0813.3634.936 Nov 201013 Apr 2013

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.

  • Ryan Reese — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
  • Mike Kotch — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Kian Barry — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.36 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.