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Justin Dao

3×3 · top 11.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2014 · 2014DAOJ01

Justin Dao has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.42, set at Virginia Open Fall 2014, puts him in the top 11.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,383rd in the United States. Across 5 competitions since March 2014, he has put 118 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.52 in March 2014 to 11.42, a 16% improvement. Justin has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 11.9% of 284,439 all-time
11.42
signature single · Virginia Open Fall 2014
118
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 84% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.4213.37
top 11.9%6,383 / 59,724
2×22.966.03
top 13.8%5,409 / 40,951
4×41:00.041:14.03
top 36.5%5,890 / 19,072
Pyraminx8.1711.20
top 37.6%10,723 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed27.6130.83
top 40.9%5,474 / 15,683
3×3 blindfolded2:58.04
top 51.8%1,102 / 2,092
5×52:06.232:20.16
top 53.2%4,479 / 9,401

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

Virginia Open Spring 2014: 13.52Virginia Open Fall 2014: 11.42Virginia Open Spring 2015: 12.68SnoCo Cubing Summer 2017: 12.35SnoCo Cubing Fall 2017: 13.4511.4213.5229 Mar 201421 Oct 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 1.42 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.96 away.

Targets move as he improves.