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Glenn Ishida Jr.

3×3 · top 23.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2009 · 2009ISHI02

Glenn Ishida Jr. has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.72, set at Caltech Winter Open 2013, puts him in the top 23.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,704th in the United States. Across 13 competitions since December 2009, he has put 177 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:05.36 in December 2009 to 14.72, a 77% improvement. Glenn has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 23.5% of 284,439 all-time
14.72
signature single · Caltech Winter Open 2013
177
official solves on the record
17%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 96% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×314.7218.77
top 23.5%12,704 / 59,724
2×25.669.05
top 47.2%19,089 / 40,951
4×41:18.781:28.37
top 54.9%9,385 / 19,072
5×52:29.94
top 65.7%5,723 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed41.7047.15
top 67.6%9,658 / 15,683
Megaminx3:05.74
top 76.3%5,976 / 7,841
Square-156.02
top 81.1%5,416 / 6,743
6×66:00.68
early days — 2 solves3,775 / 4,196
Clock40.65
early days — 2 solves8,397 / 8,927

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

Discovery Science Center Winter 2009: 1:05.36Bayview Hills Open 2010: 50.83Caltech Winter 2010: 45.44Discovery Science Center competition 2010: 28.00Nisei Week Open 2010: 35.78Caltech Fall 2010: 44.21Caltech Winter 2011: 27.75Caltech Spring 2011: 24.71Caltech Fall 2011: 24.31United States National Championships 2012: 22.18Diamond Bar Open 2012: 20.09Caltech Winter Open 2013: 14.72World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 16.9014.721:05.3619 Dec 200926 Jul 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.72 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.66 away.

Targets move as he improves.