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Jonathan Kaliffe

2×2 · top 0.92% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017KALI04

Jonathan Kaliffe has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.16, set at Harold Park Classic 2019, puts him in the top 0.92% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 92nd in Australia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since June 2017, he has put 238 official solves on the record across nine 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 19.39 in June 2017 to 7.07, a 64% improvement. Jonathan has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.92% of 186,767 all-time
1.16
signature single · Harold Park Classic 2019
238
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 standingAustralia
2×21.163.75
top 0.92%92 / 8,567
3×37.079.37
top 1.4%153 / 11,709
3×3 one-handed13.9916.00
top 6.1%136 / 2,659
4×434.8737.17
top 6.6%170 / 3,051
5×51:04.491:16.00
top 8.1%108 / 1,356
3×3 blindfolded1:11.322:32.40
top 16.5%86 / 394
Pyraminx6.489.25
top 23.7%1,201 / 5,993
Megaminx1:39.381:49.97
top 34.2%431 / 1,277
Square-125.5634.26
top 40.3%389 / 899

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

Sydney Winter 2017: 19.39Sydney Championship 2017: 12.03Warm Up Sydney 2018: 10.67Odd Day in Sydney 2018: 11.61Harold Park Classic 2019: 8.61Going to The Gong 2020: 7.07Kogarah Cube Day Sunday 2024: 7.96Tramsheds II: May Saturday 2024: 8.777.0719.3917 Jun 201718 May 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.

  • Sora Sato — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
  • Fiona Wang — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
  • Justin He — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead twice

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.07 away.

Targets move as he improves.