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Melanie French

2×2 · top 62.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016FREN03

Melanie French has been competing for 10 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 7.25, set at Newmarket Open 2018, puts her in the top 62.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,556th in Canada. Across 7 competitions since June 2016, she has put 121 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 51.39 in June 2016 to 35.05, a 32% improvement. Melanie has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 62.4% of 186,767 all-time
7.25
signature single · Newmarket Open 2018
121
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
2×27.2511.73
top 62.4%4,556 / 7,173
Pyraminx11.7219.53
top 65.4%3,222 / 4,858
3×335.0550.33
top 70.6%7,591 / 10,392
Skewb13.4625.97
top 72.7%2,110 / 2,907

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

Newmarket Open 2016: 51.39Toronto Limited Fall 2016: 50.00Newmarket Open 2017: 54.52Oakville Limited Fall 2017: 44.51Oakville Limited Winter 2018: 41.63Oakville Limited Spring 2018: 41.53Newmarket Open 2018: 35.0535.0554.5218 Jun 201616 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.25 away.
  • A sub-10 Pyraminx single — 68,530 people have one; it is 1.72 away.

Targets move as she improves.