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Josh Hainsel

2×2 · top 5.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014HAIN01

Josh Hainsel has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.04, set at Charlotte Open Fall 2014, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,003rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since November 2014, he has put 69 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. Josh has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 5.0% of 186,767 all-time
2.04
signature single · Charlotte Open Fall 2014
69
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.045.47
top 5.0%2,003 / 40,951
Skewb5.259.77
top 20.1%3,207 / 18,907
3×315.1017.08
top 24.8%13,464 / 59,724
Pyraminx8.1311.06
top 37.3%10,598 / 28,708
4×41:03.401:13.71
top 40.0%6,510 / 19,072
5×52:30.523:03.07
top 66.0%5,747 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed50.911:00.05
top 77.5%11,358 / 15,683
Clock27.9737.46
top 81.7%7,240 / 8,927

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

Charlotte Open Fall 2014: 15.67Hendersonville Fall 2017: 15.1015.1015.6722 Nov 20143 Sep 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
  • A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.