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Eric Sanford

3×3 · top 36.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016SANF02

Eric Sanford has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.91, set at Quabbin Spring 2017, puts him in the top 36.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20,736th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since December 2016, he has put 75 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 23% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.06 in December 2016 to 18.91, a 25% improvement. Eric has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 36.8% of 284,439 all-time
18.91
signature single · Quabbin Spring 2017
75
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×318.9125.73
top 36.8%20,736 / 59,724
Pyraminx12.5716.40
top 70.6%20,914 / 28,708
2×28.8814.06
top 72.9%30,120 / 40,951
4×42:06.34
early days — 3 solves15,869 / 19,072
Square-11:18.53
early days — 1 solve6,263 / 6,743
5×54:22.17
early days — 2 solves8,946 / 9,401

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

South Berwick Open 2016: 25.06Quabbin Spring 2017: 18.91Lexington Summer 2017: 21.10Framingham Frozen Fingers 2018: 23.40BA Cube Fest 2018: 23.82Connect Community 2018: 25.21BA Fall Cube Fest 2018: 23.43The Battle of Lexington 2018: 23.0418.9125.2110 Dec 20161 Dec 2018

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.91 away.
  • A sub-12 Pyraminx single — 86,891 people have one; it is 0.57 away.

Targets move as he improves.