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Joshua Plageman

2×2 · top 45.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2012 · 2012PLAG01

Joshua Plageman has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.47, set at Cubetcha 2012, puts him in the top 45.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18,153rd in the United States. Across 4 competitions since June 2012, he has put 50 official solves on the record across three events. His 2×2 best has come down from 21.06 in June 2012 to 5.47, a 74% improvement. Joshua has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 45.0% of 186,767 all-time
5.47
signature single · Cubetcha 2012
50
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×25.4710.19
top 45.0%18,153 / 40,951
3×332.8441.17
top 67.3%40,502 / 59,724
Pyraminx17.0820.49
top 87.9%25,870 / 28,708

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

Dixon Open 2012: 21.06Cubetcha 2012: 5.47Dixon Winter 2013: 10.03Dixon Summer 2013: 9.315.4721.0616 Jun 201229 Jun 2013

Best single per competition, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 16 Jun 2012First competition: Dixon Open 2012. A 40.77 3×3 single to start from.

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-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 2.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.