People · United States
John Preston
Pyraminx · top 77.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017PRES01
John Preston has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 13.94, set at Downtown Vancouver Summer 2019, puts him in the top 77.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 22,956th in the United States. Across 25 competitions since May 2017, he has put 223 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 2:45.37 in May 2017 to 49.73, a 70% improvement. John has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 13.94 | 18.72 | top 77.5% | 22,956 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 11.17 | 19.79 | top 82.0% | 34,028 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 49.73 | 56.13 | top 85.8% | 52,590 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 19.07 | 28.71 | top 88.1% | 16,950 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 3:45.41 | — | early days — 2 solves | 15,676 / 15,683 |
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
- 31 Mar 2018First sub-60 3×3: 54.99 at Eugene Spring 2018.
- 20 May 2017First competition: Rose City 2017. A 2:45.37 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- SnoCo Has Too Much 3x3 2023 · 12 Aug 2023
- SnoCo Veteran's Weekend A 2022 · 11 Nov 2022
- SnoCo Fall 2019 · 16 Nov 2019
- Downtown Vancouver Summer 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- SnoCo Feet Fest 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- West Seattle Favorites 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- UBC Open 2019 · 5 Jan 2019
- Welcome to 2019 · 31 Dec 2018
- SnoCo Fall 2018 · 17 Nov 2018
- Vancouver Select 2018 · 30 Sep 2018
- CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2018 · 10 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- SnoCo Summer 2018 · 20 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- St. John's Spring Open 2018 · 23 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Gaston Spring 2018 · 26 May 2018
- Eugene Spring 2018 · 31 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Puget Sound Valentine 2018 · 17 Feb 2018
- Skyline Open 2018 · 27 Jan 2018
- Vancouver Open Winter 2018 · 6 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Puget Sound Winter 2.0 2017 · 2 Dec 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Atomic Cubing Fall 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- SnoCo Cubing Fall 2017 · 21 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Spokane Valley Summer 2017 · 26 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing with the Duck 2017 · 8 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- SnoCo Cubing Summer 2017 · 17 Jun 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Rose City 2017 · 20 May 2017
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.
- Peter Preston — met in 43 rounds, never finished ahead
- Max Siauw — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kyle Van Straaten — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 Pyraminx single — 86,891 people have one; it is 1.94 away.
- A sub-10 2×2 single — 145,545 people have one; it is 1.17 away.
Targets move as he improves.