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John Karl Murphy

3×3 · top 24.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017MURP02

John Karl Murphy has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.87, set at Slow N Steady Summer 2017, puts him in the top 24.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13,018th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since April 2017, he has put 41 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.61 in April 2017 to 14.87, a 20% improvement. John has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 24.0% of 284,439 all-time
14.87
signature single · Slow N Steady Summer 2017
41
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×314.8717.22
top 24.0%13,018 / 59,724
Skewb6.7110.43
top 31.3%5,198 / 18,907
Square-124.5729.83
top 38.3%2,485 / 6,743
Pyraminx9.7610.66
top 51.1%14,855 / 28,708
4×41:26.48
early days — 2 solves10,628 / 19,072

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

Red Cross Cubing Open 2017: 18.61Slow N Steady Summer 2017: 14.8714.8718.6122 Apr 20171 Jul 2017

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.87 away.
  • A sub-6 Skewb single — 18,841 people have one; it is 0.71 away.

Targets move as he improves.