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Josh Surline
Pyraminx · top 14.3% of 130,891 all-time · competing since December 2015 · 2015SURL01
Josh Surline has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 5.17, set at Mishawaka Winter 2017, puts him in the top 14.3% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,798th in the United States. Across 10 competitions since December 2015, he has put 203 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 66% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.96 in December 2015 to 18.00, a 45% improvement. Josh has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 5.17 | 9.26 | top 14.3% | 3,798 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 3.53 | 6.39 | top 20.6% | 8,200 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 18.00 | 20.97 | top 34.2% | 19,334 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 8.30 | 11.11 | top 43.7% | 7,775 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.36 | 39.13 | top 56.2% | 7,915 / 15,900 | |
| Clock | 20.20 | 24.70 | top 65.3% | 5,729 / 9,172 | |
| Megaminx | 2:55.34 | — | top 72.5% | 5,757 / 8,026 | |
| 4×4 | 1:45.41 | — | top 74.1% | 13,647 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 3:56.73 | — | early days — 1 solve | 8,750 / 9,537 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 18 Feb 2017Three personal bests in one day at Mishawaka Winter 2017.
- 21 Jan 2017Five personal bests in one day at Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2017.
- 5 Nov 2016First sub-20 3×3: 19.46 at Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2016.
- 5 Nov 2016Four personal bests in one day at Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2016.
- 25 Jun 2016Three personal bests in one day at Indiana 2016.
- 7 May 2016First sub-30 3×3: 25.28 at Summit City Open 2016.
Competitions
- Michigan 2017 · 19 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2017 · 7 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Mishawaka Winter 2017 · 18 Feb 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2017 · 21 Jan 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2016 · 5 Nov 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Michigan 2016 · 13 Aug 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Petoskey Cubing 2016 · 23 Jul 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Indiana 2016 · 25 Jun 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Summit City Open 2016 · 7 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2015 · 19 Dec 2015
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.
- Blake Thompson — met in 55 rounds, never finished ahead
- James Hildreth — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ben Zoller — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,242 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.