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Josiah Franklin DeFord

2×2 · top 45.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018DEFO01

Josiah Franklin DeFord has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.55, set at Coach Pigeon 2018, puts him in the top 45.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18,540th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since April 2018, he has put 27 official solves on the record across four events. Josiah has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 45.9% of 186,767 all-time
5.55
signature single · Coach Pigeon 2018
27
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×25.557.50
top 45.9%18,540 / 40,951
3×327.4431.90
top 57.7%34,184 / 59,724
Pyraminx11.7315.28
top 65.5%19,357 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed50.47
early days — 2 solves11,276 / 15,683

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 Spring 2018: 5.68Coach Pigeon 2018: 5.555.555.6821 Apr 201823 Jun 2018

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
  • A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 2.44 away.

Targets move as he improves.