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Mitchell Stern

3×3 · top 6.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2007 · 2007STER01

Mitchell Stern has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.53, set at Washington DC Winter 2011, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,415th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since April 2007, he has put 478 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.72 in April 2007 to 9.53, a 25% improvement. Mitchell has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.2% of 284,439 all-time
9.53
signature single · Washington DC Winter 2011
478
official solves on the record
9%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.5310.84
top 6.2%3,415 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed14.8821.25
top 7.9%1,057 / 15,683
2×22.464.35
top 8.5%3,352 / 40,951
4×448.6154.87
top 22.9%3,482 / 19,072
5×51:31.841:36.56
top 28.8%2,263 / 9,401
3×3 blindfolded3:14.03
top 56.3%1,198 / 2,092
Square-142.221:00.88
early days — 3 solves4,474 / 6,743

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

Rutgers Spring competition 2007: 12.72US Open 2007: 13.44Pleasantville Fall competition 2007: 13.59Virginia Open 2007: 12.43Princeton Open 2008: 12.44Washington DC Open 2008: 11.32Da Vinci Science Center competition 2008: 10.06Virginia Open 2008: 11.03US Nationals 2009: 11.56World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009: 9.72Washington DC Open 2010: 12.09Washington DC Spring 2010: 10.83United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010: 10.05Washington DC Winter 2011: 9.539.5313.5922 Apr 200719 Feb 2011

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.

  • Rowe Hessler — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 37 times
  • Bob Burton — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 61 times
  • Tim Reynolds — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 53 times

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.53 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.88 away.

Targets move as he improves.