People · United States
Isaiah Hopkins
3×3 · top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2015 · 2015HOPK01
Isaiah Hopkins has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.54, set at Slow N Steady Winter 2016, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,150th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since March 2015, he has put 114 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.01 in March 2015 to 8.54, a 47% improvement. Isaiah has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.54 | 10.00 | top 3.8% | 2,150 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.40 | 3.09 | top 8.0% | 3,139 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.67 | 19.27 | top 14.2% | 1,850 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:21.95 | — | early days — 2 solves | 9,929 / 19,072 |
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
- 21 Nov 2015Four personal bests in one day at River Hill Fall 2015.
- 26 Sep 2015First sub-10 3×3: 9.91 at Slow n Steady Fall 2015.
- 9 May 2015First sub-15 3×3: 12.99 at Chesapeake Science Point Spring 2015.
- 7 Mar 2015First competition: River Hill Winter 2015. A 16.01 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Slow N Steady Winter 2016 · 30 Jan 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- River Hill Fall 2015 · 21 Nov 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Slow n Steady Fall 2015 · 26 Sep 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow n Steady Spring 2015 · 6 Jun 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Chesapeake Science Point Spring 2015 · 9 May 2015 — 1 personal best set
- River Hill Winter 2015 · 7 Mar 2015
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.
- Chanoe Park — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Keaton Ellis — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead once
- Dan Selzer — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.