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Joe McLaughlin

Pyraminx · top 45.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018MCLA04

Joe McLaughlin has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 9.10, set at Rochester Fall 2022, puts him in the top 45.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13,142nd in the United States. Across 5 competitions since August 2018, he has put 49 official solves on the record across four events. His Pyraminx best has come down from 32.94 in August 2018 to 9.10, a 72% improvement. Joe has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 45.7% of 129,321 all-time
9.10
signature single · Rochester Fall 2022
49
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx9.1015.32
top 45.7%13,142 / 28,708
2×26.458.12
top 55.5%22,691 / 40,951
Clock31.4535.57
top 86.2%7,668 / 8,927
3×352.751:01.62
top 87.8%53,753 / 59,724

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

Pennsylvania 2018: 32.94CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2019: 14.92CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022: 17.50Rochester Fall 2022: 9.109.1032.9417 Aug 201822 Oct 2022

Best single per competition, Pyraminx. 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 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 1.10 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.45 away.

Targets move as he improves.