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John Shidemantle

Clock · top 10.7% of 32,048 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017SHID01

John Shidemantle has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 6.93, set at PBQniversity of Alabama 2026, puts him in the top 10.7% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 823rd in the United States. Across 22 competitions since March 2017, he has put 438 official solves on the record across 14 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. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.52 in March 2017 to 11.35, a 66% improvement. John has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Clock
best event — top 10.7% of 32,048 all-time
6.93
signature single · PBQniversity of Alabama 2026
438
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 standingUnited States
Clock6.938.52
top 10.7%823 / 8,927
3×311.3513.95
top 11.6%6,253 / 59,724
2×22.884.69
top 12.9%5,060 / 40,951
Pyraminx6.2613.92
top 21.9%5,876 / 28,708
Megaminx1:26.061:33.29
top 25.6%1,769 / 7,841
Skewb6.349.06
top 28.5%4,661 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed26.2135.10
top 37.4%4,967 / 15,683
4×41:04.681:10.59
top 41.4%6,779 / 19,072
5×51:58.192:09.80
top 48.2%4,028 / 9,401
Square-131.2648.37
top 51.7%3,392 / 6,743
3×3 blindfolded3:33.81—
early days — 1 solve1,293 / 2,092
3×3 Fewest Moves45 moves50.00
early days — 3 solves1,364 / 2,040
6×64:18.534:21.43
early days — 3 solves2,811 / 4,196
7×78:25.06—
early days — 1 solve2,931 / 3,184

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

Howland High Spring 2017: 33.52Shaker Spring 2017: 36.42Slow N Steady Summer 2017: 18.76Howland High Fall 2017: 18.67Shaker Fall 2017: 16.68Howland Winter 2018: 16.98Shaker Spring 2018: 17.36Kent State Taco Bash 2018: 15.96Shaker Fall 2018: 14.79Garrettsville G-Men Classic 2019: 14.03Kent State Taco Bash 2019: 15.32T-Town Showdown 2023: 12.99T-Town Showdown AL 2024: 12.88GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2024: 11.35Corinth Comic Con Cubing 2024: 12.35Cubing on the Plains at Auburn 2025: 11.81Alabama Crimson Cubing Spring 2025: 12.62Alabama Crimson Cubing Fall 2025: 12.37Coosa Cubing Clash 2025: 13.11CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2026: 12.5911.3536.4211 Mar 201725 Apr 2026

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-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.35 away.

Targets move as he improves.