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John Setati

3×3 · top 19.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018SETA02

John Setati has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.53, set at Arnold Classic Africa 2018, puts him in the top 19.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 234th in South Africa. Across 3 competitions since May 2018, he has put 49 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. John has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 19.3% of 284,439 all-time
13.53
signature single · Arnold Classic Africa 2018
49
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
3×313.5316.53
top 19.3%234 / 2,164
2×26.5610.50
top 56.5%643 / 1,510

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

Arnold Classic Africa 2018: 13.53Soweto Spring Open 2018: 15.31Arnold Classic Africa 2019: 15.4413.5315.4418 May 201817 May 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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.53 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.56 away.

Targets move as he improves.