People · United States
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.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 36.88 | 43.47 | top 73.1% | 44,418 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 59.68 | 2:21.13 | top 83.7% | 12,527 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 11.83 | 15.89 | top 83.9% | 34,858 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 4:20.31 | 4:34.39 | top 94.0% | 8,930 / 9,401 | |
| 4×4 | 3:01.78 | — | early days — 2 solves | 18,567 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 7 Dec 2008First competition: Carnegie Mellon Fall 2008. A 44.08 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Carnegie Mellon Spring 2009 · 2 May 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Ohio Open 2009 · 28 Mar 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Carnegie Mellon Fall 2008 · 7 Dec 2008 — 1 personal best set
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.