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John Scanlan

2×2 · top 44.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022SCAN01

John Scanlan has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.38, set at Irish Championship 2023, puts him in the top 44.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 544th in Ireland. Across 8 competitions since July 2022, he has put 119 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 6 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 56.75 in July 2022 to 22.00, a 61% improvement. John has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 44.0% of 186,767 all-time
5.38
signature single · Irish Championship 2023
119
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIreland
2×25.387.59
top 44.0%544 / 1,163
3×322.0026.30
top 45.4%639 / 1,427
Pyraminx10.1414.11
top 54.1%548 / 911
3×3 one-handed1:47.21
early days — 1 solve436 / 448

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

Don't DNF Dublin 2022: 56.75Dublin Open Saturday 2022: 33.05Irish Championship 2022: 24.26Tuam Open Saturday 2022: 22.12It's a Long Way to Tipperary 2023: 22.00Irish Championship 2023: 28.59Solving by the Shannon 2023: 26.96Dublin Summer Solving Saturday 2023: 24.1422.0056.752 Jul 202219 Aug 2023

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-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.00 away.

Targets move as he improves.