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Kai Johanson

3×3 · top 21.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016JOHA05

Kai Johanson has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.27, set at Coach Pigeon 2018, puts him in the top 21.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,848th in the United States. Across 9 competitions since December 2016, he has put 149 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.20 in December 2016 to 14.27, a 54% improvement. Kai has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 21.9% of 284,439 all-time
14.27
signature single · Coach Pigeon 2018
149
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 86% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×314.2716.90
top 21.9%11,848 / 59,724
Pyraminx6.5614.56
top 24.3%6,621 / 28,708
2×24.286.04
top 30.1%11,952 / 40,951
Skewb7.5211.20
top 37.6%6,429 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed28.0536.92
top 42.1%5,650 / 15,683
Square-126.6443.43
top 42.7%2,768 / 6,743
5×52:50.363:17.54
top 74.8%6,659 / 9,401
4×42:03.17
early days — 2 solves15,543 / 19,072

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

Shaker Fall 2016: 31.20Mishawaka Winter 2017: 21.33Dixon Spring 2017: 21.82Cat and Mouse 2017: 21.44CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 14.76Kansai Summer 2017: 16.39Bulldog Cubing 2017: 14.64ChicaGhosts 2017: 15.41Coach Pigeon 2018: 14.2714.2731.2010 Dec 201623 Jun 2018

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 2.27 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.56 away.

Targets move as he improves.