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Jonathan Choi

2×2 · top 22.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2007 · 2007CHOI01

Jonathan Choi has been competing for 20 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.68, set at Fort Lee Winter 2009, puts him in the top 22.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,813th in the United States. Across 10 competitions since March 2007, he has put 227 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.56 in April 2007 to 15.22, a 56% improvement. Jonathan has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 22.4% of 186,767 all-time
3.68
signature single · Fort Lee Winter 2009
227
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 81% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.686.63
top 22.4%8,813 / 40,951
3×315.2217.75
top 25.2%13,699 / 59,724
4×455.721:07.85
top 31.6%4,994 / 19,072
5×51:42.081:55.58
top 36.9%2,945 / 9,401
Pyraminx10.4415.82
top 56.4%16,500 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed42.4350.86
top 68.6%9,832 / 15,683

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

Rutgers Spring competition 2007: 34.56US Open 2007: 23.78Pleasantville Fall competition 2007: 17.17Virginia Open 2007: 18.06Princeton Open 2008: 18.57Cornell Spring competition 2008: 15.77Da Vinci Science Center competition 2008: 15.22Fort Lee Winter 2009: 16.2715.2234.5622 Apr 20077 Mar 2009

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.

  • Bob Burton — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
  • Dan Cohen — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
  • Tim Reynolds — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 15 times

Next targets

  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.22 away.

Targets move as he improves.