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Joseph Pasterski

3×3 one-handed · top 2.0% of 73,695 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018PAST03

Joseph Pasterski has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 11.16, set at Lower Moreland Fall 2018, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 316th in the United States. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since April 2018, he has put 233 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.25 in April 2018 to 8.32, a 26% improvement. Joseph has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 2.0% of 73,695 all-time
11.16
signature single · Lower Moreland Fall 2018
233
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×3 one-handed11.1616.80
top 2.0%316 / 15,683
Skewb2.465.33
top 2.7%402 / 18,907
3×38.3210.31
top 3.4%1,910 / 59,724
Pyraminx3.557.39
top 5.7%1,469 / 28,708
4×434.8342.66
top 6.6%1,020 / 19,072
2×22.334.11
top 7.3%2,895 / 40,951
Megaminx1:08.361:13.42
top 14.7%995 / 7,841
5×51:18.561:28.67
top 18.0%1,383 / 9,401
3×3 blindfolded1:34.80
early days — 2 solves508 / 2,092
7×73:44.774:11.79
top 25.2%711 / 3,184
Square-119.2022.05
top 26.1%1,704 / 6,743
6×63:03.623:23.86
top 42.8%1,583 / 4,196
3×3 Fewest Moves44 moves
early days — 2 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

No Place For DNF Spring 2018: 11.25Lower Moreland Spring 2018: 12.49Lower Moreland Fall 2018: 9.39Penn Cube Day Fall 2018: 9.72CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 9.57No Place For DNF Fall 2019: 8.328.3212.497 Apr 20189 Nov 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.

  • AJ Kamal — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Ishaan Lal — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Livia Kleiner — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 3 times

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.16 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.46 away.

Targets move as he improves.