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Jari Paavilainen

2×2 · top 58.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2012 · 2012PAAV01

Jari Paavilainen has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 6.77, set at Rubik's Cube European Championships 2014, puts him in the top 58.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 496th in Finland. Across 17 competitions since December 2012, he has put 182 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 16.66 in December 2012 to 6.77, a 59% improvement. Jari has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 58.5% of 186,767 all-time
6.77
signature single · Rubik's Cube European Championships 2014
182
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFinland
2×26.7714.12
top 58.5%496 / 671
3×345.5952.27
top 82.6%786 / 875
4×42:32.402:54.49
top 92.3%365 / 388
5×54:47.005:27.51
top 96.1%224 / 232

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

Finnish Open 2012: 16.66Vantaa Open 2013: 7.33Tallinn Open 2013: 19.12Heureka Open 2013: 13.95Estonian Open 2013: 12.35Heureka Open 2014: 11.96Kirkkonummi Open 2014: 16.13Rubik's Cube European Championships 2014: 6.77Estonian Open 2014: 10.61Kirkkonummi Open 2015: 9.65Kirkkonummi Open 2016: 11.77Finnish Open 2016: 13.88Doge Open 2016: 10.38European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 12.25World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 15.816.7719.128 Dec 201213 Jul 2017

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-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
  • A sub-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 5.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.