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Joshua Higginbotham

3×3 · top 36.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2011 · 2011HIGG01

Joshua Higginbotham has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.78, set at Weston-super-Mare 2012, puts him in the top 36.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,465th in the United Kingdom. Across 2 competitions since November 2011, he has put 33 official solves on the record across six events. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.65 in November 2011 to 18.78, a 30% improvement. Joshua has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 36.5% of 284,439 all-time
18.78
signature single · Weston-super-Mare 2012
33
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×318.7821.31
top 36.5%2,465 / 6,689
Pyraminx10.8115.21
top 59.1%2,364 / 3,656
2×29.5912.21
top 76.3%3,916 / 4,895
3×3 one-handed1:14.58
early days — 2 solves1,719 / 1,851
4×42:26.03
early days — 2 solves1,971 / 2,071
Clock49.72
early days — 1 solve1,215 / 1,232

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

UK Open 2011: 26.65Weston-super-Mare 2012: 18.7818.7826.6512 Nov 201114 Jul 2012

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.78 away.
  • A sub-10 Pyraminx single — 68,530 people have one; it is 0.81 away.

Targets move as he improves.