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Joseph Smithmyer

3×3 · top 40.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018SMIT07

Joseph Smithmyer has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.01, set at Clash at Carlisle Fall 2019, puts him in the top 40.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 22,671st in the United States. Across 4 competitions since February 2018, he has put 68 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.50 in February 2018 to 20.01, a 48% improvement. Joseph has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 40.0% of 284,439 all-time
20.01
signature single · Clash at Carlisle Fall 2019
68
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×320.0125.66
top 40.0%22,671 / 59,724
2×25.776.87
top 48.4%19,642 / 40,951
Skewb9.6212.73
top 52.5%9,474 / 18,907
Pyraminx11.1614.72
top 61.7%18,129 / 28,708
4×41:37.34
early days — 2 solves12,289 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed45.94
top 72.7%10,497 / 15,683
Megaminx3:52.46
early days — 2 solves7,137 / 7,841
5×54:05.54
early days — 2 solves8,765 / 9,401

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

Incredible Pencil Mania 2018: 38.50Pennsylvania 2018: 38.06Pittsburgh Spring 2019: 27.76Clash at Carlisle Fall 2019: 20.0120.0138.5010 Feb 201828 Sep 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.