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Julian Shinn

2×2 · top 20.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2019 · 2019SHIN16

Julian Shinn has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.54, set at Baton Rouge Winter 2024, puts him in the top 20.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,127th in the United States. Across 14 competitions since October 2019, he has put 195 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.46 in October 2019 to 15.03, a 62% improvement. Julian has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 20.7% of 186,767 all-time
3.54
signature single · Baton Rouge Winter 2024
195
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 76% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.545.88
top 20.7%8,127 / 40,951
3×315.0317.91
top 24.5%13,323 / 59,724
Clock11.5015.77
top 32.6%2,555 / 8,927
Square-126.2728.88
top 42.0%2,725 / 6,743
4×41:06.051:25.03
top 42.9%7,057 / 19,072
Pyraminx8.8011.39
top 43.1%12,342 / 28,708
Skewb8.5512.88
top 45.4%7,998 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed31.1244.88
top 49.1%6,752 / 15,683
Megaminx2:20.50
early days — 2 solves4,253 / 7,841

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

Mudd Fall 2019: 39.46Grossmont Fall 2019: 32.94UCSD Winter 2020: 28.48Mudd Winter 2020: 25.66San Diego Spring 2022: 23.75Oregon Championship 2023: 18.18UCSD Extravaganza 2023: 21.35Jurupa Valley Cubing Fall 2023: 18.79Davis Fall 2023: 15.24Baton Rouge Winter 2024: 15.03Vegas Cubing Cup Winter 2024: 19.54CubingUSA Western Championship 2024: 19.00Aliso Niguel Summer 2024: 16.41Temecula Valley Fall 2024: 15.4115.0339.465 Oct 201926 Oct 2024

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 0.54 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.03 away.

Targets move as he improves.