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Jean Novaes

2×2 · top 9.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2015 · 2015NOVA02

Jean Novaes has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.52, set at Faria Brito Open 2016, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 296th in Brazil. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since February 2015, he has put 40 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.16 in February 2015 to 13.57, a 53% improvement. Jean has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 9.1% of 186,767 all-time
2.52
signature single · Faria Brito Open 2016
40
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
2×22.525.66
top 9.1%296 / 5,137
3×313.5715.01
top 19.5%1,086 / 9,644
3×3 one-handed35.1643.64
top 57.5%933 / 1,992
4×41:29.811:45.77
top 63.4%984 / 1,855

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

Faria Brito Open 2015: 29.16Faria Brito Open 2016: 13.5713.5729.1628 Feb 201521 May 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.57 away.

Targets move as he improves.