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Julian Malenda

3×3 · top 9.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2015 · 2015MALE01

Julian Malenda has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.56, set at Red Cross Cubing Open 2017, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,998th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since December 2015, he has put 34 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.56 in December 2015 to 10.56, a 32% improvement. Julian has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.1% of 284,439 all-time
10.56
signature single · Red Cross Cubing Open 2017
34
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×310.5612.23
top 9.1%4,998 / 59,724
2×26.107.13
top 51.9%21,175 / 40,951
Pyraminx10.9617.51
top 60.2%17,714 / 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

Liberty Science 2015: 15.56Big Apple Cube Clash 2016: 16.16Red Cross Cubing Open 2017: 10.5610.5616.1619 Dec 201522 Apr 2017

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.10 away.

Targets move as he improves.