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Isaac M. Farnsworth

3×3 · top 3.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019FARN01

Isaac M. Farnsworth has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.57, set at Catered Cubing Arkansas 2023, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,194th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since June 2019, he has put 339 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.70 in June 2019 to 8.57, a 52% improvement. Isaac has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.9% of 284,439 all-time
8.57
signature single · Catered Cubing Arkansas 2023
339
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.5710.41
top 3.9%2,194 / 59,724
2×22.524.18
top 9.1%3,585 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed15.8621.32
top 9.9%1,311 / 15,683
Pyraminx5.047.84
top 13.4%3,500 / 28,708
4×442.5445.75
top 15.1%2,281 / 19,072
Skewb4.8911.51
top 17.3%2,741 / 18,907
Megaminx1:31.861:49.13
top 29.4%2,059 / 7,841
5×51:42.991:50.75
top 37.6%2,998 / 9,401
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves45.33
top 51.8%1,101 / 2,040
Square-152.32
top 78.1%5,186 / 6,743
6×66:48.07
early days — 1 solve3,947 / 4,196

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

Chicago Area Twist Spring 2019: 17.70Indiana 2019: 13.29Mississippi Capstone 2019: 11.97Pittsburgh Fall 2019: 11.51Houston Winter 2020: 12.42Cubing Peoria 2020: 9.20Rocky Top 2021: 8.72Starkvegas Spring 2022: 10.29Catered Cubing Arkansas 2023: 8.57CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 9.828.5717.7016 Jun 201927 Jul 2023

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.

  • Eli Parker — met in 39 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Luke Garrett — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Eric Zhao — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 3 times

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.