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John Essex

2×2 · top 71.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2018 · 2018ESSE01

John Essex has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 8.59, set at Anaheim Fall 2018, puts him in the top 71.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 29,445th in the United States. Across 1 competition since September 2018, he has put 15 official solves on the record across three events.

2×2
best event — top 71.3% of 186,767 all-time
8.59
signature single · Anaheim Fall 2018
15
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×28.5911.57
top 71.3%29,445 / 40,951
3×336.2752.97
top 72.2%43,843 / 59,724
Skewb17.8121.70
top 85.8%16,515 / 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 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 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 6.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.