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Joe Mansanarez

3×3 · top 63.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2012 · 2012MANS01

Joe Mansanarez has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 30.82, set at World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013, puts him in the top 63.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 38,269th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since February 2012, he has put 47 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 20% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.48 in February 2012 to 30.82, a 22% improvement. Joe has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 63.9% of 284,439 all-time
30.82
signature single · World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013
47
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×330.8233.45
top 63.9%38,269 / 59,724
2×28.2010.23
top 69.1%28,558 / 40,951
5×55:13.365:57.82
top 97.4%9,239 / 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

Lynden Open 2012: 39.48Couve Cubing 2012: 33.78Groovik's Cube Seattle 2012: 36.56Cube Kingdom 2013: 33.58World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 30.8230.8239.484 Feb 201226 Jul 2013

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 4 Feb 2012First competition: Lynden Open 2012. A 39.48 3×3 single to start from.

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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.20 away.

Targets move as he improves.