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Justin Russell

2×2 · top 2.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016RUSS02

Justin Russell has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.49, set at Edmonton Limited Summer 2016, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 136th in Canada. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since May 2016, he has put 30 official solves on the record across two events. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.34 in May 2016 to 1.49, a 72% improvement. Justin has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 2.1% of 186,767 all-time
1.49
signature single · Edmonton Limited Summer 2016
30
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
2×21.495.60
top 2.1%136 / 7,173
3×329.5533.06
top 61.7%6,592 / 10,392

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

Calgary Open Spring 2016: 5.34Edmonton Limited Summer 2016: 1.491.495.3428 May 201613 Aug 2016

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
  • A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 4.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.