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Jayce Downs

2×2 · top 2.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016DOWN01

Jayce Downs has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.51, set at Edmonton Limited Summer 2016, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 141st in Canada. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since January 2016, he has put 87 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.30 in January 2016 to 14.14, a 52% improvement. Jayce has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.2% of 186,767 all-time
1.51
signature single · Edmonton Limited Summer 2016
87
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
2×21.516.69
top 2.2%141 / 7,173
3×314.1416.59
top 21.5%2,044 / 10,392
Pyraminx6.9611.57
top 27.5%1,184 / 4,858
4×41:04.131:09.87
top 40.8%1,097 / 3,118
Square-11:15.37
early days — 2 solves861 / 952

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

Edmonton Open Winter 2016: 29.30Calgary Open Spring 2016: 19.18Edmonton Limited Summer 2016: 17.23Calgary Limited Fall 2016: 14.1414.1429.3030 Jan 201626 Nov 2016

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.14 away.

Targets move as he improves.