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Joseph Gibney

3×3 · top 11.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2007 · 2007GIBN01

Joseph Gibney has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.34, set at Virginia Open 2008, puts him in the top 11.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,238th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since November 2007, he has put 115 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.39 in November 2007 to 11.34, a 31% improvement. Joseph has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 11.6% of 284,439 all-time
11.34
signature single · Virginia Open 2008
115
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.3416.43
top 11.6%6,238 / 59,724
2×23.246.72
top 17.1%6,687 / 40,951
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves
early days — 3 solves1,031 / 2,040
4×41:22.961:34.83
top 58.3%10,082 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed41.8445.49
top 67.8%9,689 / 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

Virginia Open 2007: 16.39Washington DC Open 2008: 15.08US Nationals and Open 2008: 17.42Virginia Open 2008: 11.34US Nationals 2009: 14.33United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010: 13.0811.3417.4224 Nov 20076 Aug 2010

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 1.34 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.24 away.

Targets move as he improves.