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Mitchell Straub

3×3 · top 73.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2008 · 2008STRA01

Mitchell Straub has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 36.88, set at Ohio Open 2009, puts him in the top 73.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 44,418th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since December 2008, he has put 53 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 42.68 in December 2008 to 36.88, a 14% improvement. Mitchell has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 73.1% of 284,439 all-time
36.88
signature single · Ohio Open 2009
53
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×336.8843.47
top 73.1%44,418 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed59.682:21.13
top 83.7%12,527 / 15,683
2×211.8315.89
top 83.9%34,858 / 40,951
5×54:20.314:34.39
top 94.0%8,930 / 9,401
4×43:01.78
early days — 2 solves18,567 / 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

Carnegie Mellon Fall 2008: 42.68Ohio Open 2009: 36.88Carnegie Mellon Spring 2009: 43.8036.8843.807 Dec 20082 May 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.

  • Jason Baum — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Dan Cohen — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Bob Burton — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 6.88 away.
  • A sub-50 3×3 one-handed single — 56,546 people have one; it is 9.68 away.

Targets move as he improves.