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Lee Pappas

3×3 · top 37.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2009 · 2009PAPP01

Lee Pappas has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.00, set at Boulder 2009, puts him in the top 37.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20,887th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since April 2009, he has put 85 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.58 in April 2009 to 19.00, a 42% improvement. Lee has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 37.1% of 284,439 all-time
19.00
signature single · Boulder 2009
85
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×319.0022.52
top 37.1%20,887 / 59,724
4×41:16.561:38.80
top 53.0%9,004 / 19,072
Square-133.9759.81
top 56.7%3,749 / 6,743
2×26.8810.99
top 59.4%24,383 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed39.6952.99
top 64.9%9,206 / 15,683
5×52:57.153:17.04
top 77.1%6,939 / 9,401
Megaminx3:52.934:33.13
top 88.7%7,142 / 7,841

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

Denver Open 2009: 32.58Aurora Summer competition 2009: 22.31Boulder 2009: 19.0019.0032.5825 Apr 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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.00 away.
  • A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 30,601 people have one; it is 16.56 away.

Targets move as he improves.