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John-Michael Clay

2×2 · top 9.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2008 · 2008CLAY01

John-Michael Clay has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.59, set at Armonk Spring 2008, puts him in the top 9.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,865th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since April 2008, he has put 253 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 6 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.93 in April 2008 to 11.16, a 14% improvement. He has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 9.8% of 186,767 all-time
2.59
signature single · Armonk Spring 2008
253
official solves on the record
9%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.595.18
top 9.8%3,865 / 40,951
3×311.1613.89
top 11.0%5,940 / 59,724
4×453.2557.52
top 28.7%4,459 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed24.5632.02
top 33.0%4,324 / 15,683
5×51:48.252:03.03
top 41.4%3,353 / 9,401
Square-152.021:04.77
top 77.9%5,164 / 6,743
3×3 blindfolded5:15.93
early days — 1 solve1,690 / 2,092

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

Armonk Spring 2008: 12.93Newark Open 2008: 16.01Westchester Fall 2008: 13.68Newark Winter 2009: 11.53UPenn Spring competition 2009: 13.43Safe Haven competition 2009: 15.61Connecticut Summer Competition 2009: 13.94Upstate Cubing 2018: 12.65Upstate Cubing 2019: 11.1611.1616.0126 Apr 200813 Apr 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.