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Jack Whalen

3×3 · top 15.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2022 · 2022WHAL01

Jack Whalen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.58, set at Inland Empire Summer 2022, puts him in the top 15.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,542nd in the United States. Across 8 competitions since March 2022, he has put 188 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.46 in March 2022 to 12.58, a 46% improvement. Jack has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 15.9% of 284,439 all-time
12.58
signature single · Inland Empire Summer 2022
188
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.5816.43
top 15.9%8,542 / 59,724
Pyraminx5.616.90
top 17.2%4,550 / 28,708
2×23.995.97
top 26.4%10,406 / 40,951
Clock10.8212.61
top 29.2%2,273 / 8,927
Skewb6.718.14
top 31.3%5,198 / 18,907
Square-125.4441.62
top 40.1%2,604 / 6,743
4×41:31.54
top 64.7%11,378 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed43.7158.08
top 70.2%10,074 / 15,683
Megaminx3:11.403:26.57
top 78.1%6,147 / 7,841

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

Let's Try Again Spokane 2022: 23.46PLU NxN 2022: 22.31Central Washington Spring 2022: 17.01Cloverdale Open 2022: 15.87Spokane Summer 2022: 17.52Inland Empire Summer 2022: 12.58New Kent On The Block 2022: 12.79Tri Cities Fall 2022: 13.5812.5823.465 Mar 202219 Nov 2022

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 0.58 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.