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Joe Pooley

3×3 · top 38.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2013 · 2013POOL01

Joe Pooley has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.61, set at Australian Nationals 2014, puts him in the top 38.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,775th in Australia. Across 5 competitions since November 2013, he has put 76 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.46 in November 2013 to 19.61, a 29% improvement. Joe has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 38.8% of 284,439 all-time
19.61
signature single · Australian Nationals 2014
76
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×319.6121.01
top 38.8%3,775 / 11,709
2×25.918.08
top 50.0%3,966 / 8,567
Pyraminx11.2127.18
top 62.0%3,685 / 5,993
3×3 one-handed1:24.58
early days — 1 solve2,514 / 2,659

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

Melbourne Cube Day 2013: 27.46Canberra Summer 2014: 22.00Australian Nationals 2014: 19.61Sydney Spring 2014: 20.94Odd Day in Sydney 2018: 22.5719.6127.4616 Nov 201311 Nov 2018

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.61 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.91 away.

Targets move as he improves.