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Hugh Smith

3×3 · top 43.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016SMIT02

Hugh Smith has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.27, set at Slow N Steady Spring 2016, puts him in the top 43.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 24,937th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since January 2016, he has put 24 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.96 in January 2016 to 21.27, a 47% improvement. Hugh has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 43.5% of 284,439 all-time
21.27
signature single · Slow N Steady Spring 2016
24
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×321.2726.36
top 43.5%24,937 / 59,724
Pyraminx10.0814.76
top 53.6%15,649 / 28,708
2×29.9411.15
top 77.7%32,189 / 40,951

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

Slow N Steady Winter 2016: 39.96Slow N Steady Spring 2016: 21.27New Hope Open Spring 2018: 25.1121.2739.9630 Jan 201616 Jun 2018

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.

  • Dana Yi — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Livia Kleiner — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Joey Stahl — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.27 away.
  • A sub-10 Pyraminx single — 68,530 people have one; it is 0.08 away.

Targets move as he improves.