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Jide Ogbuji

3×3 · top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2015 · 2015OGBU01

Jide Ogbuji has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.52, set at CubingUSA Nationals 2017, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,123rd in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since July 2015, he has put 543 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.39 in July 2015 to 8.52, a 60% improvement. Jide has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time
8.52
signature single · CubingUSA Nationals 2017
543
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.5211.82
top 3.8%2,123 / 59,724
2×22.173.57
top 6.0%2,387 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed16.1320.38
top 10.5%1,386 / 15,683
4×452.2556.01
top 27.5%4,239 / 19,072
Pyraminx7.239.69
top 29.8%8,250 / 28,708
Megaminx1:34.641:51.34
top 31.1%2,191 / 7,841
Square-122.0327.93
top 32.6%2,107 / 6,743
Skewb7.3413.01
top 36.3%6,177 / 18,907
5×51:56.812:04.59
top 47.3%3,938 / 9,401
3×3 Fewest Moves52 moves
early days — 3 solves1,683 / 2,040

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

Great Lakes Cubing Competition 2015: 21.39Northern Colorado Summer 2015: 17.92Utah Megacomp 2015: 15.90Rocky Mountain Winter 2016: 14.14Saint Mary Scramble 2016: 12.76US Nationals 2016: 12.29Utah Fall Championship 2016: 12.50Shaker Fall 2016: 11.64Longmont Cube Open 2017: 11.261 Body Cubing 2017: 10.61CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 8.52Longmont Summer 2017: 12.59Veterans Day Open 2017: 9.31Colorado Qualifier 2018: 11.36CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 11.52Pueblo Open 2018: 10.05Colorado Springs Winter 2020: 12.038.5221.3918 Jul 201511 Jan 2020

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.17 away.

Targets move as he improves.