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Jonathan Papina

3×3 · top 13.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016PAPI01

Jonathan Papina has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.99, set at Mason Cubing Challenge 2016, puts him in the top 13.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,430th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since January 2016, he has put 92 official solves on the record across five 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 16.77 in January 2016 to 11.99, a 29% improvement. Jonathan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.9% of 284,439 all-time
11.99
signature single · Mason Cubing Challenge 2016
92
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
3×311.9915.76
top 13.9%7,430 / 59,724
2×24.146.16
top 28.3%11,184 / 40,951
Pyraminx7.609.93
top 32.9%9,236 / 28,708
4×41:31.74
early days — 3 solves11,415 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed40.73
top 66.3%9,432 / 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

Queen City 2016: 16.77Mishawaka 3x3 Day 2016: 16.06Dayton Spring 2016: 13.86Summit City Open 2016: 14.15Mason Cubing Challenge 2016: 11.9911.9916.779 Jan 201610 Sep 2016

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 1.99 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.14 away.

Targets move as he improves.