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Josiah Popp

2×2 · top 22.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017POPP02

Josiah Popp has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.70, set at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2018, puts him in the top 22.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,913th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since October 2017, he has put 33 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.83 in October 2017 to 22.76, a 38% improvement. Josiah has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 22.7% of 186,767 all-time
3.70
signature single · CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2018
33
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.705.77
top 22.7%8,913 / 40,951
3×322.7627.67
top 47.3%27,440 / 59,724
Pyraminx9.3911.37
top 48.1%13,925 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed46.75
early days — 2 solves10,647 / 15,683
4×42:11.87
early days — 2 solves16,353 / 19,072

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

Cubetcha 2017: 36.83CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2018: 22.7622.7636.8328 Oct 20179 Mar 2018

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.76 away.

Targets move as he improves.