People · Australia
Jude Symonds
2×2 · top 2.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015SYMO01
Jude Symonds has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.60, set at Harold Park Classic 2019, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 212th in Australia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since May 2015, he has put 165 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.41 in May 2015 to 10.51, a 51% improvement. Jude has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.60 | 4.32 | top 2.6% | 212 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 | 10.51 | 13.75 | top 9.0% | 798 / 11,709 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.47 | 10.03 | top 16.2% | 789 / 5,993 | |
| 4×4 | 47.60 | 55.93 | top 21.6% | 539 / 3,051 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.95 | 25.79 | top 25.9% | 574 / 2,659 | |
| 5×5 | 1:43.14 | 1:49.23 | top 37.7% | 504 / 1,356 | |
| Skewb | 8.21 | 15.37 | top 42.9% | 1,318 / 3,534 | |
| Square-1 | 1:12.87 | — | early days — 1 solve | 833 / 899 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 25 Aug 2019Five personal bests in one day at Harold Park Classic 2019.
- 20 Aug 2016Five personal bests in one day at Australian Nationals 2016.
- 8 May 2016First sub-20 3×3: 14.58 at Sydney Autumn 2016.
- 8 May 2016First sub-15 3×3: 14.58 at Sydney Autumn 2016.
- 8 May 2016Three personal bests in one day at Sydney Autumn 2016.
- 2 May 2015First competition: Sydney Autumn 2015. A 21.41 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Enjoyable Sydney Gathering 2020 · 7 Mar 2020
- Sydney Open 2019 · 14 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Harold Park Classic 2019 · 25 Aug 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2016 · 20 Aug 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Sydney Autumn 2016 · 8 May 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Sydney Autumn 2015 · 2 May 2015
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.
- William Tao — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
- Caleb Clark — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Rhys Lloyd — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
Targets move as he improves.