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Jeff Soesbe

3×3 · top 62.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2005 · 2005SOES01

Jeff Soesbe has been competing for 22 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 29.92, set at Caltech Winter competition 2007, puts him in the top 62.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 37,219th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since January 2005, he has put 61 official solves on the record across six events. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:04.56 in January 2005 to 29.92, a 54% improvement. Jeff has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 62.4% of 284,439 all-time
29.92
signature single · Caltech Winter competition 2007
61
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×329.9236.36
top 62.4%37,219 / 59,724
2×27.2812.86
top 62.7%25,778 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed58.391:17.08
top 83.0%12,397 / 15,683
4×42:26.682:37.05
top 90.9%17,383 / 19,072
Megaminx6:01.08
early days — 1 solve7,791 / 7,841
5×56:11.337:16.30
top 98.8%9,350 / 9,401

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

Caltech Winter competition 2005: 1:04.56Northern California Fall Open 2005: 36.82Caltech Winter competition 2006: 32.80US Nationals 2006: 33.43Caltech Winter competition 2007: 29.9229.921:04.5615 Jan 200513 Jan 2007

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.

  • Clancy Cochran — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
  • Leyan Lo — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Bob Burton — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead once

Next targets

  • A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 4.92 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.