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Patrick Murphy

2×2 · top 12.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2014 · 2014MURP02

Patrick Murphy has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.83, set at Northern Colorado Summer 2015, puts him in the top 12.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,846th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since August 2014, he has put 150 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.62 in August 2014 to 11.63, a 15% improvement. Patrick has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 12.3% of 186,767 all-time
2.83
signature single · Northern Colorado Summer 2015
150
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.834.57
top 12.3%4,846 / 40,951
3×311.6314.43
top 12.6%6,770 / 59,724
4×455.811:00.53
top 31.7%5,021 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed34.8441.37
top 57.0%7,933 / 15,683

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

US Nationals 2014: 13.62Slow n Steady Fall 2014: 15.00River Hill Winter 2015: 13.51Johns Hopkins Winter 2015: 15.11Slow n Steady Spring 2015: 13.52Northern Colorado Summer 2015: 13.66Rocky Mountain Winter 2016: 11.63Colorado Qualifier 2018: 12.0911.6315.111 Aug 201426 May 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.

  • AJ Blair — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
  • Dylan Hughlett — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Jack Ryan — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 9 times

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.63 away.

Targets move as he improves.