People · United States
John Field
3×3 · top 1.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2019 · 2019FIEL01
John Field has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.28, set at Westview Winter B 2021, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,032nd in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since January 2019, he has put 123 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 97% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.49 in January 2019 to 7.28, a 46% improvement. John has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.28 | 9.39 | top 1.7% | 1,032 / 60,666 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.34 | 16.68 | top 5.0% | 716 / 15,900 | |
| 2×2 | 3.25 | 4.77 | top 17.3% | 6,845 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 51.46 | 1:01.83 | top 26.6% | 4,142 / 19,354 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 21 Dec 2019Four personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 22 2019.
- 22 Jun 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.44 at CubingUSA Western Championship 2019.
- 12 Jan 2019First competition: Another Bruin Cube Day 2019. A 13.49 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bay Area Side Events Day 2025 · 23 Feb 2025
- A Bruin Cube Day 2022 · 8 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Westview Winter B 2021 · 11 Dec 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- West LA Winter 2020 · 25 Jan 2020
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 22 2019 · 21 Dec 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Another Bruin Cube Day 2019 · 12 Jan 2019
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.
- Derek Hsieh — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Max Park — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Matthias Tam — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.28 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,239 people have one; it is 1.34 away.
Targets move as he improves.