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John Staley

3×3 · top 1.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017STAL01

John Staley has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.73, set at MLWGS Winter 2020, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 660th in the United States. Until January 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since March 2017, he has put 729 official solves on the record across seven 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 18.13 in March 2017 to 6.73, a 63% improvement. John has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.1% of 284,439 all-time
6.73
signature single · MLWGS Winter 2020
729
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
3×36.738.99
top 1.1%660 / 59,724
4×442.7152.94
top 15.4%2,317 / 19,072
2×23.274.57
top 17.4%6,822 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed19.0821.71
top 18.0%2,323 / 15,683
Skewb5.5511.85
top 22.3%3,559 / 18,907
5×51:38.121:44.20
top 34.0%2,701 / 9,401
Pyraminx10.9714.23
top 60.3%17,739 / 28,708

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

ODU Big Blue Spring 2017: 18.13Virginia Open Spring 2017: 15.52EZ Cubes Spring 2017: 17.58Slow N Steady Summer 2017: 12.67Rally In The Valley 2017: 11.65Northern Neck Winter 2018: 10.78NovaCube 2018: 12.46ODU Big Blue Spring 2018: 10.53WFS Cubing Spring 2018: 10.26RVA Spring 2018: 9.40Rally In The Valley 2018: 9.42Fredericksburg Summer Open 2018: 9.43Slow N Steady Summer 2018: 9.41RVAutumn 2018: 10.18ODU Big Blue Fall 2018: 8.60Northern Neck Winter 2019: 7.37Battle of Virginia Beach Winter 2019: 8.99ODU Big Blue Spring 2019: 9.23Woodberry Forest School Cubing 2019: 9.83MLWGS Spring 2019: 8.55CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 9.83Slow N Steady Summer 2019: 8.42MLWGS Winter 2020: 6.73Franconia Mini Open B 2022: 8.17Silver Spring Summer 2022: 8.86Crystal City Winter 2023: 7.46Virginia Re-Open Spring 2023: 8.21Virginia Still-Open Winter 2024: 8.116.7318.134 Mar 20174 Feb 2024

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 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 2.71 away.

Targets move as he improves.