People · Canada
Greg French
Pyraminx · top 6.7% of 130,891 all-time · competing since March 2009 · 2009FREN01
Greg French has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.80, set at Austin Fall competition 2009, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 234th in Canada. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since March 2009, he has put 408 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.21 in March 2009 to 10.80, a 66% improvement. Greg has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.80 | 6.87 | top 6.7% | 234 / 4,913 | |
| 3×3 | 10.80 | 14.33 | top 9.9% | 916 / 10,502 | |
| 2×2 | 3.11 | 5.07 | top 15.6% | 1,059 / 7,245 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.47 | 30.95 | top 30.1% | 677 / 2,632 | |
| Clock | 11.36 | 16.39 | top 31.8% | 291 / 1,057 | |
| 4×4 | 58.06 | 1:12.65 | top 34.5% | 934 / 3,180 | |
| Square-1 | 29.71 | 58.28 | top 48.9% | 431 / 973 | |
| Megaminx | 2:17.30 | 2:46.49 | top 55.1% | 644 / 1,393 | |
| 5×5 | 2:38.18 | 2:54.81 | top 69.7% | 974 / 1,546 | |
| 6×6 | 7:19.80 | — | early days — 1 solve | 643 / 683 | |
| 7×7 | 11:50.00 | — | early days — 2 solves | 509 / 519 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 1 May 2010Three personal bests in one day at Carnegie Mellon Spring 2010.
- 27 Mar 2010Four personal bests in one day at Toronto Open Spring 2010.
- 30 Jan 2010Three personal bests in one day at Toronto Open Winter 2010.
- 14 Nov 2009Five personal bests in one day at Austin Fall competition 2009.
- 19 Sep 2009First sub-15 3×3: 14.96 at Canadian Open 2009.
- 19 Sep 2009Five personal bests in one day at Canadian Open 2009.
Competitions
- United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010 · 6 Aug 2010 — 1 personal best set
- canadianCUBING CUBEcentric 2010 · 15 May 2010
- Carnegie Mellon Spring 2010 · 1 May 2010 — 3 personal bests set
- Toronto Open Spring 2010 · 27 Mar 2010 — 4 personal bests set
- Toronto Open Winter 2010 · 30 Jan 2010 — 3 personal bests set
- Carnegie Mellon Fall 2009 · 5 Dec 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Austin Fall competition 2009 · 14 Nov 2009 — 5 personal bests set
- Canadian Open 2009 · 19 Sep 2009 — 5 personal bests set
- canadianCubing Classic 2009 · 25 Jul 2009 — 3 personal bests set
- Toronto Open Summer 2009 · 27 Jun 2009 — 6 personal bests set
- Motor City Open 2009 · 25 Apr 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Toronto Open Winter 2009 · 7 Mar 2009
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.
- Thompson Clarke — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Eric Limeback — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Justin Jaffray — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
Targets move as he improves.