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Jacob Applebaum

2×2 · top 50.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2014 · 2014APPL01

Jacob Applebaum has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.99, set at Florida Feast 2014, puts him in the top 50.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,658th in Canada. Across 5 competitions since July 2014, he has put 38 official solves on the record across four events. His 2×2 best has come down from 30.73 in July 2014 to 5.99, an 81% improvement. Jacob has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 50.8% of 186,767 all-time
5.99
signature single · Florida Feast 2014
38
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
2×25.9912.58
top 50.8%3,658 / 7,173
3×330.3334.12
top 63.1%6,741 / 10,392
4×42:28.85
early days — 3 solves2,838 / 3,118
Pyraminx19.4622.50
top 92.2%4,572 / 4,858

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

CanadianCUBING Fifty 2014: 30.73Florida Feast 2014: 5.99Florida Spring 2015: 7.265.9930.735 Jul 20144 Apr 2015

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 0.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.