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Josiah Andrew Shepherd

2×2 · top 12.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018SHEP01

Josiah Andrew Shepherd has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.88, set at Adelaide Summer 2022, puts him in the top 12.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 983rd in Australia. Across 8 competitions since January 2018, he has put 238 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.73 in January 2018 to 12.09, a 44% improvement. Josiah has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 12.9% of 186,767 all-time
2.88
signature single · Adelaide Summer 2022
238
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×22.884.85
top 12.9%983 / 8,567
3×312.0913.33
top 14.2%1,254 / 11,709
4×453.771:01.03
top 29.3%765 / 3,051
5×51:49.232:00.21
top 42.0%570 / 1,356
Skewb9.4219.09
top 51.3%1,654 / 3,534
3×3 one-handed32.8942.33
top 53.1%1,240 / 2,659
Pyraminx11.0315.11
top 60.8%3,585 / 5,993

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

Adelaide Summer 2018: 21.73Adelaide Summer 2019: 15.41Koalafication Adelaide 2019: 14.48Adelaide Summer 2020: 14.21SA State Championship 2021: 12.18Adelaide Summer 2022: 12.09South Australian Open 2022: 12.35Adelaide Summer 2023: 12.4612.0921.7313 Jan 201828 Jan 2023

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 0.88 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.