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Paul Hughes

Skewb · top 43.0% of 73,281 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018HUGH01

Paul Hughes has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 8.22, set at Tea Time Spring 2018, puts him in the top 43.0% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,537th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since March 2018, he has put 39 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.47 in March 2018 to 24.33, a 31% improvement. Paul has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 43.0% of 73,281 all-time
8.22
signature single · Tea Time Spring 2018
39
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Skewb8.2210.02
top 43.0%7,537 / 18,907
3×324.3330.84
top 51.1%29,857 / 59,724
Pyraminx12.9425.68
top 72.6%21,509 / 28,708
2×29.3011.71
top 75.0%31,040 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed1:34.73
early days — 2 solves14,870 / 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

NovaCube 2018: 35.47RVA Spring 2018: 26.23Tea Time Spring 2018: 24.3324.3335.4710 Mar 201826 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 Skewb single — 30,246 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 4.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.