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John Doeden

3×3 · top 7.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2012 · 2012DOED01

John Doeden has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.93, set at Lawrence Open 2014, puts him in the top 7.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,991st in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since May 2012, he has put 154 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.43 in May 2012 to 9.93, a 40% improvement. John has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.3% of 284,439 all-time
9.93
signature single · Lawrence Open 2014
154
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.9315.10
top 7.3%3,991 / 59,724
4×447.8849.81
top 22.0%3,334 / 19,072
Megaminx1:29.961:34.59
top 28.2%1,952 / 7,841
2×24.195.36
top 28.9%11,485 / 40,951
5×51:35.511:43.08
top 31.9%2,522 / 9,401
Pyraminx7.529.48
top 32.2%9,015 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed24.4428.91
top 32.7%4,270 / 15,683
6×62:47.963:12.47
top 35.1%1,260 / 4,196
7×74:13.384:27.21
early days — 3 solves993 / 3,184
Skewb11.8418.62
top 65.2%12,143 / 18,907
Square-140.74
early days — 1 solve4,352 / 6,743

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

Kansas Cube Off 2012: 16.43World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 14.70Lawrence Open 2014: 9.93Waco Cube Assembly 2019: 15.149.9316.4319 May 201214 Sep 2019

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.

  • David Woner — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
  • Nate Perry — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
  • Waris Ali — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead twice

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.93 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 7.88 away.

Targets move as he improves.