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Joshua Derksen

3×3 · top 18.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2013 · 2013DERK01

Joshua Derksen has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.17, set at Calgary Open Spring 2016, puts him in the top 18.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,701st in Canada. Across 6 competitions since July 2013, he has put 80 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.67 in July 2013 to 13.17, a 25% improvement. Joshua has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 18.0% of 284,439 all-time
13.17
signature single · Calgary Open Spring 2016
80
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×313.1717.23
top 18.0%1,701 / 10,392
2×26.968.83
top 60.1%4,374 / 7,173
4×41:26.181:46.40
top 60.8%1,723 / 3,118
Pyraminx13.2426.44
top 74.2%3,712 / 4,858
Clock27.69
early days — 1 solve818 / 1,029
Square-11:07.641:19.23
top 88.0%821 / 952
Skewb27.0550.95
top 96.0%2,831 / 2,907

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

World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 17.67Edmonton Open Winter 2015: 13.77Edmonton Open Summer 2015: 15.67Calgary Open Spring 2016: 13.17Calgary Limited Fall 2016: 14.1813.1717.6726 Jul 201326 Nov 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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.17 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.96 away.

Targets move as he improves.