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Joey Murphy

Skewb · top 12.1% of 73,281 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017MURP03

Joey Murphy has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 4.17, set at TJHSST Fall 2017, puts him in the top 12.1% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,879th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since May 2017, he has put 171 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.22 in May 2017 to 12.15, a 43% improvement. Joey has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 12.1% of 73,281 all-time
4.17
signature single · TJHSST Fall 2017
171
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Skewb4.177.90
top 12.1%1,879 / 18,907
3×312.1514.63
top 14.4%7,702 / 59,724
Pyraminx6.199.49
top 21.4%5,753 / 28,708
Square-118.3823.55
top 24.3%1,606 / 6,743
4×457.061:04.73
top 33.2%5,297 / 19,072
2×24.915.80
top 38.2%15,304 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed28.4534.21
top 43.0%5,796 / 15,683
5×51:55.962:18.88
top 46.7%3,881 / 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

EZ Cubes Spring 2017: 21.22Slow N Steady Summer 2017: 16.05Severna Park Summer 2017: 12.78TJHSST Fall 2017: 14.11River Hill Spring 2018: 12.17Tea Time Spring 2018: 12.48Maryland 2018: 12.15TJHSST Fall 2018: 13.4812.1521.2227 May 20173 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-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.15 away.

Targets move as he improves.