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Melissa Jones
Pyraminx · top 73.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023JONE20
Melissa Jones has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 13.15, set at Queensland Open 2024, puts her in the top 73.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,444th in Australia. Across 8 competitions since May 2023, she has put 110 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside her 2 DNFs. Her 3×3 best has come down from 52.82 in May 2023 to 41.45, a 22% improvement. Melissa has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 13.15 | 17.30 | top 73.7% | 4,444 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 | 41.45 | 53.08 | top 78.5% | 9,125 / 11,709 | |
| Skewb | 18.46 | 22.15 | top 87.0% | 3,071 / 3,534 | |
| 2×2 | 13.20 | 18.28 | top 87.3% | 7,451 / 8,567 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 28 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Queensland Open 2024.
- 6 May 2023First competition: Chilling in Canberra 2023. A 52.82 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Australian Nationals 2025 · 2 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Coffs Big Banana Bonanza 2024 · 28 Sep 2024
- Queensland Open 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Chilling in Canberra Sunday 2024 · 23 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Capital Cubing in Canberra Saturday 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- U Cube at UQ Sunday 2023 · 3 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Queensland Open 2023 · 8 Jul 2023
- Chilling in Canberra 2023 · 6 May 2023
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.
- Harrison Jonathan Newbery-Chunn — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Charlie Eggins — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jamie Otsu — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 Pyraminx single — 86,891 people have one; it is 1.15 away.
- A sub-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 1.45 away.
Targets move as she improves.