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Jonathan Smithies

3×3 · top 10.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017SMIT06

Jonathan Smithies has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.08, set at SNZ Southern 2018, puts him in the top 10.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 232nd in New Zealand. Across 2 competitions since March 2017, he has put 70 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.95 in March 2017 to 11.08, a 31% improvement. Jonathan has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 10.7% of 284,439 all-time
11.08
signature single · SNZ Southern 2018
70
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
3×311.0812.21
top 10.7%232 / 2,095
2×22.794.41
top 11.9%232 / 1,615
Skewb6.4611.27
top 29.4%220 / 666
4×454.0256.58
top 29.6%192 / 722
3×3 one-handed24.0927.76
top 31.7%170 / 600
5×51:46.991:56.17
top 40.5%140 / 355

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

SNZ Southern 2017: 15.95SNZ Southern 2018: 11.0811.0815.9518 Mar 201721 Apr 2018

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 1.08 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.79 away.

Targets move as he improves.