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Joe Linehan

2×2 · top 8.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2008 · 2008LINE01

Joe Linehan has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.47, set at Toronto Open Summer 2009, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 556th in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 32 competitions since April 2008, he has put 510 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 one-handed best has come down from 1:19.27 in April 2008 to 26.87, a 66% improvement. Joe has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 8.6% of 186,767 all-time
2.47
signature single · Toronto Open Summer 2009
510
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 98% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
2×22.478.19
top 8.6%556 / 7,173
Pyraminx7.539.36
top 32.3%1,431 / 4,858
3×317.7419.27
top 33.3%3,258 / 10,392
3×3 blindfolded2:03.892:44.25
top 34.6%114 / 351
3×3 one-handed26.8732.13
top 39.0%869 / 2,620
4×41:23.811:44.32
top 58.9%1,659 / 3,118
3×3 Multi-Blind1 of 2 cubes · 17:01—
early days — 1 solve107 / 112
Megaminx4:45.71—
early days — 1 solve1,284 / 1,375

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

canadianCubing Classic 2008: 1:19.27Niagara Open Summer 2008: 1:18.94Toronto Open Fall 2008: 1:15.96Toronto Open Winter 2009: 1:03.41Toronto Open Summer 2009: 59.97canadianCubing Classic 2009: 1:39.80Canadian Open 2009: 1:11.78Toronto Open Winter 2010: 44.43Toronto Open Spring 2010: 42.75canadianCUBING CUBEcentric 2010: 41.44Toronto Open Summer 2010: 34.59Toronto Open Fall 2010: 44.68Toronto Open Winter 2011: 36.38Toronto Open Spring 2011: 33.96University of Guelph Open Spring 2011: 33.56Toronto Open Summer 2011: 32.56Canadian Open 2011: 33.09Toronto Open Winter 2012: 31.50Toronto Spring 2012: 33.43Toronto Open Winter 2013: 35.33Battle of Waterloo 2013: 30.55Toronto Open Spring 2014: 32.65Toronto Open Spring 2015: 32.85Canadian Open 2015: 31.44Toronto Open Fall 2015: 29.67Toronto Limited Spring 2016: 28.74Toronto Limited Summer 2016: 27.70Toronto Limited Fall 2016: 31.93Oakville Limited Fall 2017: 33.47Oakville Limited Winter 2018: 26.87Oakville Limited Spring 2018: 28.0626.871:39.8019 Apr 200828 Apr 2018

Best single per competition, 3×3 one-handed. 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 0.47 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.53 away.

Targets move as he improves.