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John Kelley

3×3 · top 4.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016KELL03

John Kelley has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.77, set at Slow N Steady Winter 2018, puts him in the top 4.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,420th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since January 2016, he has put 217 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.17 in January 2016 to 8.77, a 52% improvement. John has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.3% of 284,439 all-time
8.77
signature single · Slow N Steady Winter 2018
217
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.7711.76
top 4.3%2,420 / 59,724
2×23.224.13
top 16.8%6,594 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed19.3823.46
top 18.9%2,430 / 15,683
4×447.5855.52
top 21.6%3,272 / 19,072
Square-124.6741.44
top 38.5%2,494 / 6,743
Skewb11.3013.45
top 62.4%11,554 / 18,907
5×52:42.77
early days — 2 solves6,324 / 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

Slow N Steady Winter 2016: 18.17Severna Park Spring 2016: 15.69Slow N Steady Fall 2016: 13.98TJHSST Fall 2016: 14.64Rockville Winter 2017: 11.55Virginia Open Winter 2017: 13.35NovaCube 2017: 11.42Slow N Steady Summer 2017: 11.21World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 9.90Severna Park Summer 2017: 9.01Severna Park Showdown 2017: 8.80Slow N Steady Winter 2018: 8.77Slow N Steady Summer 2018: 10.698.7718.1730 Jan 20162 Sep 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.22 away.

Targets move as he improves.