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Jonah Smith Posner

3×3 · top 8.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023POSN02

Jonah Smith Posner has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.37, set at Pretzel Mania Summer 2024, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,709th in the United States. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since March 2023, he has put 183 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.48 in March 2023 to 10.37, a 28% improvement. Jonah has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 8.6% of 284,439 all-time
10.37
signature single · Pretzel Mania Summer 2024
183
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×310.3712.42
top 8.6%4,709 / 59,724
2×23.134.76
top 15.8%6,173 / 40,951
Pyraminx6.3310.01
top 22.5%6,058 / 28,708
Skewb7.9214.78
top 40.7%7,042 / 18,907
4×41:23.93
top 59.0%10,215 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed41.4245.47
top 67.3%9,608 / 15,683
Clock31.0836.05
top 85.7%7,619 / 8,927
5×54:03.59
early days — 2 solves8,745 / 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

North Sydney Cube Day 2023: 14.48Marrickville Mega May Open 2023: 13.62CubingUSA New England Championship 2023: 12.90Solar Eclipse in Sycamore 2024: 12.23Pennsylvania Championship 2024: 12.10Pretzel Mania Summer 2024: 10.37Penn Cube Day Fall 2024: 10.6110.3714.485 Mar 20232 Nov 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.13 away.

Targets move as he improves.