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Josh Frankel

3×3 · top 6.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2015 · 2015FRAN11

Josh Frankel has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.51, set at Israel Championship 2017, puts him in the top 6.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 174th in Israel. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since September 2015, he has put 88 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.52 in September 2015 to 9.51, a 24% improvement. Josh has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.1% of 284,439 all-time
9.51
signature single · Israel Championship 2017
88
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIsrael
3×39.5111.23
top 6.1%174 / 2,022
2×22.943.94
top 13.6%263 / 1,401
3×3 one-handed19.5221.25
top 19.2%137 / 658
Skewb7.7210.76
top 39.2%263 / 618
Pyraminx9.5911.68
top 49.8%553 / 957
4×41:18.391:24.53
top 54.6%361 / 659

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

Israel Championship 2015: 12.52Israel Championship 2016: 10.27Israel Championship 2017: 9.519.5112.5229 Sep 201530 Aug 2017

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.

  • Roy Tamir — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
  • Gal Peled — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
  • Eyal Alfasi — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.51 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.94 away.

Targets move as he improves.