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Joe Barsby

3×3 · top 9.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015BARS04

Joe Barsby has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.73, set at Macclesfield Open 2016, puts him in the top 9.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 698th in the United Kingdom. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since November 2015, he has put 301 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.16 in November 2015 to 10.73, a 41% improvement. Joe has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.7% of 284,439 all-time
10.73
signature single · Macclesfield Open 2016
301
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 96% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×310.7312.17
top 9.7%698 / 6,689
2×22.913.72
top 13.2%807 / 4,895
4×442.1551.69
top 14.7%337 / 2,071
Pyraminx6.288.34
top 22.1%866 / 3,656
Skewb5.936.99
top 25.2%575 / 2,421
3×3 one-handed23.6326.41
top 30.5%555 / 1,851
Square-123.6030.22
top 36.0%316 / 778
5×51:50.312:06.90
top 42.8%531 / 1,151

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

UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 18.16Manchester Open 2016: 14.22North London Open 2016: 11.46Macclesfield Open 2016: 10.73August Bank Holiday Competition 2016: 12.40UK Championship 2016: 12.2510.7318.167 Nov 20154 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.

  • Robert Yau — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Evan Liu — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
  • James Molloy — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 10 times

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.91 away.

Targets move as he improves.