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Jon Rothman

3×3 one-handed · top 20.3% of 73,695 all-time · competing since May 2010 · 2010ROTH01

Jon Rothman has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 19.94, set at Princeton Spring 2013, puts him in the top 20.3% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,603rd in the United States. Across 8 competitions since May 2010, he has put 178 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.66 in May 2010 to 14.93, a 51% improvement. Jon has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 20.3% of 73,695 all-time
19.94
signature single · Princeton Spring 2013
178
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×3 one-handed19.9428.89
top 20.3%2,603 / 15,683
3×314.9316.40
top 24.2%13,141 / 59,724
2×23.945.84
top 25.7%10,111 / 40,951
Pyraminx7.9114.43
top 35.4%10,017 / 28,708
4×41:34.411:47.16
top 66.8%11,821 / 19,072

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

Safe Haven competition 2010: 30.66Long Island 2010: 19.13Princeton Fall 2010: 17.36Liberty Science Center Open 2010: 17.46St. Joseph's College Winter 2011: 15.34MIT Spring 2011: 16.16St. Joseph's College Summer 2012: 14.93Princeton Spring 2013: 15.3114.9330.661 May 201030 Mar 2013

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.

  • Kian Barry — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Eric Zhao — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
  • Ernie Pulchny — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 8 times

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 4.94 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.93 away.

Targets move as he improves.