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Justin Friedel

3×3 · top 14.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2015 · 2015FRIE02

Justin Friedel has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.04, set at Petoskey Cubing 2016, puts him in the top 14.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,525th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since December 2015, he has put 260 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.67 in December 2015 to 12.04, a 42% improvement. Justin has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 14.0% of 284,439 all-time
12.04
signature single · Petoskey Cubing 2016
260
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.0414.10
top 14.0%7,525 / 59,724
2×23.055.76
top 14.8%5,810 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed21.5425.86
top 24.7%3,184 / 15,683
Pyraminx7.1110.81
top 28.7%7,938 / 28,708
4×458.231:03.59
top 34.6%5,562 / 19,072
Skewb7.2911.81
top 35.9%6,098 / 18,907
5×51:43.141:52.70
top 37.7%3,009 / 9,401
6×63:15.613:29.22
top 48.3%1,809 / 4,196
Megaminx2:09.142:35.15
top 50.7%3,788 / 7,841
7×75:19.565:25.92
early days — 3 solves1,678 / 3,184
Clock24.3327.40
top 75.4%6,593 / 8,927
Square-11:26.26
early days — 3 solves6,414 / 6,743

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

Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2015: 20.67Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2016: 19.09Dayton Spring 2016: 14.96Summit City Open 2016: 12.62Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2016: 13.19Indiana 2016: 16.08Petoskey Cubing 2016: 12.04Michigan 2016: 12.5012.0420.6719 Dec 201513 Aug 2016

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.05 away.

Targets move as he improves.