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Paul Pernula

3×3 · top 26.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2011 · 2011PERN01

Paul Pernula has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.63, set at Minnesota Open 2012, puts him in the top 26.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,512th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since October 2011, he has put 49 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. Paul has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 26.6% of 284,439 all-time
15.63
signature single · Minnesota Open 2012
49
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×315.6319.06
top 26.6%14,512 / 59,724
2×214.5216.76
top 89.7%37,307 / 40,951

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

Cubetcha 2011: 16.58Minnesota Open 2012: 15.63Cubetcha 2012: 16.00Cubetcha 2013: 16.4615.6316.5829 Oct 20115 Oct 2013

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 29 Oct 2011First competition: Cubetcha 2011. A 20.59 3×3 single to start from.
  • 29 Oct 2011First sub-20 3×3: 16.58 at Cubetcha 2011.

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
  • A sub-12 2×2 single — 157,609 people have one; it is 2.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.