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John Wardle

3×3 · top 51.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2006 · 2006WARD01

John Wardle has been competing for 20 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 24.53, set at Caltech Winter competition 2007, puts him in the top 51.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 30,110th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since November 2006, he has put 27 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.95 in November 2006 to 24.53, a 15% improvement. John has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 51.6% of 284,439 all-time
24.53
signature single · Caltech Winter competition 2007
27
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×324.5330.18
top 51.6%30,110 / 59,724
4×42:08.872:24.98
top 85.4%16,104 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed1:03.361:20.70
top 85.8%12,929 / 15,683
5×54:12.15
early days — 2 solves8,844 / 9,401

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

Caltech Fall competition 2006: 28.95Caltech Winter competition 2007: 24.5324.5328.9511 Nov 200613 Jan 2007

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 4.53 away.
  • A sub-2:00 4×4 single — 68,574 people have one; it is 8.87 away.

Targets move as he improves.