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Jonathan Ostrander

2×2 · top 8.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2011 · 2011OSTR01

Jonathan Ostrander has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.47, set at Dixon Summer 2013, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,389th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since April 2011, he has put 192 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.80 in April 2011 to 10.68, a 17% improvement. Jonathan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 8.6% of 186,767 all-time
2.47
signature single · Dixon Summer 2013
192
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 81% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.474.79
top 8.6%3,389 / 40,951
3×310.6813.35
top 9.5%5,175 / 59,724
Pyraminx6.448.46
top 23.3%6,317 / 28,708
4×450.7854.57
top 25.7%3,955 / 19,072
Megaminx1:41.591:47.52
top 35.5%2,537 / 7,841
3×3 one-handed28.9332.03
top 44.2%5,980 / 15,683
5×51:57.862:04.77
top 47.9%4,002 / 9,401
6×65:22.94
early days — 1 solve3,490 / 4,196
Square-11:24.72
early days — 2 solves6,388 / 6,743

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

Dallas Open 2011: 12.80Kansas Cube-Off 2011: 10.68Kansas Cube Off 2012: 10.78Dixon Summer 2013: 11.88Madison Summer 2019: 16.0110.6816.012 Apr 201121 Sep 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.68 away.

Targets move as he improves.