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Jonah Swanson

Pyraminx · top 11.8% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018SWAN05

Jonah Swanson has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.77, set at Mega Minnesota Winter 2018, puts him in the top 11.8% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,059th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since October 2018, he has put 158 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.42 in October 2018 to 13.89, a 32% improvement. Jonah has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 11.8% of 129,321 all-time
4.77
signature single · Mega Minnesota Winter 2018
158
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx4.776.83
top 11.8%3,059 / 28,708
3×313.8916.00
top 20.6%11,093 / 59,724
Megaminx1:28.981:35.99
top 27.5%1,903 / 7,841
Skewb6.249.99
top 27.6%4,515 / 18,907
4×458.841:01.43
top 35.2%5,672 / 19,072
5×51:45.581:54.10
top 39.6%3,189 / 9,401
2×25.576.68
top 46.1%18,649 / 40,951
Square-11:11.52
early days — 2 solves6,061 / 6,743
Clock1:29.74
early days — 2 solves8,934 / 8,927

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

Cubetcha 2018: 20.42Mega Minnesota Winter 2018: 17.29Race the Clock 2018: 19.76North Star Cubing Challenge 2019: 16.21Minnesota Cube Melt 2019: 17.14Cubetcha 2019: 13.8913.8920.4220 Oct 20182 Nov 2019

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-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.89 away.

Targets move as he improves.