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Neil Johnson

2×2 · top 1.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2014 · 2014JOHN05

Neil Johnson has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.29, set at SacCubing I 2017, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 553rd in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 35 competitions since June 2014, he has put 899 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.86 in June 2014 to 7.55, an 81% improvement. Neil has entered 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.3% of 186,767 all-time
1.29
signature single · SacCubing I 2017
899
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.293.10
top 1.3%553 / 40,951
3×37.558.85
top 2.1%1,221 / 59,724
Square-18.7211.23
top 4.0%299 / 6,743
Skewb3.506.21
top 7.8%1,206 / 18,907
Pyraminx5.229.18
top 14.6%3,820 / 28,708
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves43.67
top 20.4%446 / 2,040
4×448.3755.28
top 22.6%3,423 / 19,072
Megaminx1:21.821:24.31
top 23.0%1,582 / 7,841
3×3 one-handed23.2630.42
top 29.5%3,812 / 15,683
Clock11.6614.77
top 33.4%2,638 / 8,927
5×52:15.382:33.16
top 58.4%4,984 / 9,401

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

BASC 3: Flagj Day 2014: 38.86Berkeley Summer 2014: 21.03BASC 4: Día de los Cubos 2014: 20.31Berkeley Fall 2014: 17.52Newport Winter Open 2014: 15.30St. Francis Winter Open 2015: 16.49Berkeley Winter 2015: 15.11BASC 5: Everything But 2x2 2015: 14.72Berkeley Spring 2015: 15.72SPCS Stanford Spring 2015: 13.29BASC 6 2015: 15.13SoCal Supercomp 2015: 11.83BASC 7 2015: 12.73Berkeley Summer 2015: 12.34Berkeley Winter 2016: 13.94Berkeley Spring 2016: 10.99Bay Area Speedcubin' 9 2016: 10.18SoCal Supercomp 2016: 9.40US Nationals 2016: 9.80Hayward Rubik's Rumble 2016: 10.41MVCS Spring 2017: 9.30SacCubing I 2017: 9.11Bay Area Speedcubin' 10 2017: 9.306.25 Bay Area 2017: 9.23San Ramon 2017: 8.03SacCubing II 2017: 8.93Berkeley Summer 2017: 9.26San Ramon Cubed 2017: 9.42Berkeley Fall 2017: 7.77Bay Area Speedcubin' 11 2018: 7.55CubingUSA Western Championship 2018: 7.827.5538.8614 Jun 201415 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 his.

  • Alex Johnson — met in 136 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
  • Ryan Jew — met in 135 rounds, finished ahead 55 times
  • Paul Mahvi — met in 119 rounds, finished ahead 22 times

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.