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Josh Burn

2×2 · top 9.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016BURN05

Josh Burn has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.56, set at POPS Open 2016, puts him in the top 9.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 720th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since May 2016, he has put 134 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.19 in May 2016 to 12.15, a 14% improvement. Josh has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 9.5% of 186,767 all-time
2.56
signature single · POPS Open 2016
134
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×22.564.45
top 9.5%720 / 8,567
3×312.1514.28
top 14.4%1,286 / 11,709
Skewb5.729.92
top 23.6%628 / 3,534
4×455.731:00.61
top 31.6%825 / 3,051
5×52:01.25
early days — 2 solves676 / 1,356
3×3 one-handed34.4044.03
top 56.2%1,323 / 2,659
Pyraminx10.7816.20
top 58.9%3,458 / 5,993

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

Connor's Cube Day 2016: 14.19Australian Nationals 2016: 12.15Melbourne Cube Days 2016: 12.84POPS Open 2016: 13.3912.1514.1929 May 201611 Dec 2016

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.15 away.

Targets move as he improves.