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Justin Pappas

3×3 · top 87.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2009 · 2009PAPP02

Justin Pappas has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 51.71, set at Boulder 2009, puts him in the top 87.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 53,371st in the United States. Across 2 competitions since July 2009, he has put 29 official solves on the record across three events. Justin has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 87.2% of 284,439 all-time
51.71
signature single · Boulder 2009
29
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×351.711:00.97
top 87.2%53,371 / 59,724
2×216.0530.29
top 91.9%38,210 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed2:27.333:56.68
top 99.1%15,555 / 15,683

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

Aurora Summer competition 2009: 54.08Boulder 2009: 51.7151.7154.0818 Jul 200919 Sep 2009

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-50 3×3 single — 244,718 people have one; it is 1.71 away.
  • A sub-15 2×2 single — 169,048 people have one; it is 1.05 away.

Targets move as he improves.