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Franklin Sempsey

3×3 · top 63.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023SEMP04

Franklin Sempsey has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 30.32, set at DuPage Fall 2024, puts him in the top 63.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 37,678th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since December 2023, he has put 37 official solves on the record across five events. His 2×2 best has come down from 10.09 in December 2023 to 8.43, a 16% improvement. Franklin has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 63.1% of 284,439 all-time
30.32
signature single · DuPage Fall 2024
37
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×330.3235.49
top 63.1%37,678 / 59,724
2×28.4312.24
top 70.4%29,088 / 40,951
Megaminx2:51.61
early days — 2 solves5,468 / 7,841
Skewb13.7719.70
top 73.9%13,950 / 18,907
Pyraminx13.4515.33
top 75.3%22,291 / 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

5x5 on Madison Ice 2023: 10.09DuPage Fall 2024: 8.438.4310.099 Dec 202328 Sep 2024

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.43 away.

Targets move as he improves.