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Hadley Sheffield

3×3 · top 23.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2008 · 2008SHEF01

Hadley Sheffield has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.71, set at Cube Kingdom 2013, puts him in the top 23.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,692nd in the United States. Across 11 competitions since March 2008, he has put 287 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.40 in March 2008 to 14.71, a 53% improvement. Hadley has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 23.4% of 284,439 all-time
14.71
signature single · Cube Kingdom 2013
287
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×314.7118.10
top 23.4%12,692 / 59,724
2×23.967.51
top 26.0%10,226 / 40,951
4×41:17.131:25.07
top 53.5%9,092 / 19,072
Pyraminx11.1915.48
top 61.9%18,193 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed37.8047.44
top 62.0%8,752 / 15,683
Clock21.831:12.22
top 69.7%6,012 / 8,927
5×52:50.553:02.82
top 74.8%6,670 / 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

Chattahoochee Spring competition 2008: 31.40Stetson Spring competition 2008: 32.52US Nationals and Open 2008: 29.73Decatur Open 2008: 21.97Chattahoochee Spring competition 2009: 22.15Horizons Open 2009: 20.28Battle of Lexington 2010: 16.15Marietta Open 2010: 17.31Full Sail Spring 2011: 17.16Marietta Open 2011: 19.36Cube Kingdom 2013: 14.7114.7132.5229 Mar 200812 Jan 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 2.71 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.96 away.

Targets move as he improves.