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Evan Ressel

3×3 · top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2013 · 2013RESS01

Evan Ressel has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.82, set at MIT Spring 2016, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,442nd in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since December 2013, he has put 490 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.98 in December 2013 to 7.82, a 78% improvement. Evan has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time
7.82
signature single · MIT Spring 2016
490
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.8212.56
top 2.5%1,442 / 59,724
2×22.314.47
top 7.1%2,838 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed16.8520.56
top 12.2%1,586 / 15,683
Skewb4.267.37
top 12.7%1,969 / 18,907
Pyraminx5.598.80
top 17.0%4,520 / 28,708
4×448.1657.30
top 22.3%3,385 / 19,072
Square-119.5037.18
top 26.8%1,763 / 6,743
5×51:42.571:49.78
top 37.3%2,978 / 9,401
Megaminx1:59.40
top 45.3%3,329 / 7,841
Clock17.7418.53
top 57.9%4,832 / 8,927
6×64:28.10
early days — 1 solve2,932 / 4,196

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

Liberty Science Center Open 2013: 35.98River Hill Summer 2014: 19.05Lexington Fall 2014: 20.47Red Cross Cubing Open 2014: 18.10River Hill Winter 2015: 14.53Lexington Spring 2015: 13.00Doylestown Spring 2015: 13.88Liberty Science 2015: 11.60Red Cross Cubing Open 2016: 12.17Princeton Winter 2016: 10.72Melrose Winter 2016: 12.09Big Apple Cube Clash 2016: 11.44Manhasset Spring 2016: 12.05MIT Spring 2016: 7.82Cube For A Cure Spring 2016: 11.47Slow N Steady Spring 2016: 10.52Ledgewood Winter Open 2017: 12.997.8235.9814 Dec 201311 Feb 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.82 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.31 away.

Targets move as he improves.