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John Newhagen

3×3 · top 26.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2014 · 2014NEWH01

John Newhagen has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.66, set at Slow n Steady Fall 2015, puts him in the top 26.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,570th in the United States. Across 16 competitions since February 2014, he has put 121 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 52.36 in February 2014 to 15.66, a 70% improvement. John has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 26.7% of 284,439 all-time
15.66
signature single · Slow n Steady Fall 2015
121
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×315.6617.68
top 26.7%14,570 / 59,724
2×24.417.98
top 31.8%12,621 / 40,951
Skewb8.8012.73
top 47.1%8,335 / 18,907
Pyraminx11.1414.79
top 61.5%18,086 / 28,708
3×3 Fewest Moves60 moves
early days — 1 solve1,918 / 2,040

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

River Hill Winter 2014: 52.36US Nationals 2014: 32.76River Hill Summer 2014: 29.15Red Cross Cubing Open 2014: 22.44River Hill Winter 2015: 16.30Johns Hopkins Winter 2015: 23.09Doylestown Spring 2015: 18.11Slow n Steady Spring 2015: 21.18US Nationals 2015: 19.00Slow n Steady Fall 2015: 15.66River Hill Fall 2015: 18.63Slow N Steady Winter 2016: 16.72Slow N Steady Spring 2016: 16.60Slow N Steady Fall 2016: 16.18Slow N Steady Spring 2017: 16.4315.6652.368 Feb 20142 Apr 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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.41 away.

Targets move as he improves.