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Joe Mertes

3×3 · top 46.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017MERT01

Joe Mertes has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.28, set at Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2017, puts him in the top 46.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 26,673rd in the United States. Across 2 competitions since January 2017, he has put 25 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.56 in January 2017 to 22.28, a 22% improvement. Joe has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 46.2% of 284,439 all-time
22.28
signature single · Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2017
25
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×322.2829.63
top 46.2%26,673 / 59,724
Pyraminx10.9217.33
top 59.9%17,609 / 28,708
2×27.378.13
top 63.4%26,097 / 40,951
Skewb12.7417.27
top 69.6%13,070 / 18,907

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

Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2017: 28.56Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2017: 22.2822.2828.5621 Jan 201718 Mar 2017

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.28 away.
  • A sub-10 Pyraminx single — 68,530 people have one; it is 0.92 away.

Targets move as he improves.