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Joseph Dzaluk

2×2 · top 4.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2011 · 2011DZAL01

Joseph Dzaluk has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.93, set at MIT Fall 2012, puts him in the top 4.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,705th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since September 2011, he has put 281 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.61 in September 2011 to 1.93, a 66% improvement. Joseph has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.3% of 186,767 all-time
1.93
signature single · MIT Fall 2012
281
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.933.29
top 4.3%1,705 / 40,951
3×39.5110.47
top 6.1%3,394 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed15.9620.43
top 10.1%1,343 / 15,683
4×453.591:06.02
top 29.1%4,534 / 19,072
Pyraminx10.7613.75
top 58.8%17,232 / 28,708
5×52:18.953:55.22
top 60.5%5,188 / 9,401
3×3 Fewest Moves44 moves
early days — 3 solves1,310 / 2,040

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

Yale Fall 2011: 5.61MIT Fall 2011: 4.25MIT Spring 2012: 4.53Yale Spring 2012: 3.19United States National Championships 2012: 2.38MIT Fall 2012: 1.93World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 3.231.935.6110 Sep 201126 Jul 2013

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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.

  • Ric Donati — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
  • Rowe Hessler — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
  • Tim Reynolds — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 16 times

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.51 away.

Targets move as he improves.