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Paul Anderson

3×3 · top 37.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2007 · 2007ANDE01

Paul Anderson has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.25, set at Twin Cities Cubing Classic 2009, puts him in the top 37.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 21,328th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since October 2007, he has put 75 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.47 in October 2007 to 19.25, a 46% improvement. Paul has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 37.8% of 284,439 all-time
19.25
signature single · Twin Cities Cubing Classic 2009
75
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×319.2523.27
top 37.8%21,328 / 59,724
Pyraminx8.8013.92
top 43.1%12,342 / 28,708
2×25.8011.92
top 48.7%19,762 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed48.681:04.74
top 75.5%10,981 / 15,683
4×41:58.722:05.49
top 81.1%15,081 / 19,072
Megaminx5:08.725:25.80
top 96.7%7,706 / 7,841

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

Minnesota Open 2007: 35.47Minnesota Open 2008: 21.91Twin Cities Cubing Classic 2009: 19.2519.2535.4727 Oct 200728 Feb 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.

  • Jake Rueth — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
  • Bryan Logan — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
  • Tyler Antony — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 5 times

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.25 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.80 away.

Targets move as he improves.