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Paul Roberts

Skewb · top 13.7% of 73,281 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017ROBE05

Paul Roberts has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 4.39, set at CubingUSA Nationals 2019, puts him in the top 13.7% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,122nd in the United States. Across 8 competitions since February 2017, he has put 187 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.17 in February 2017 to 13.74, a 38% improvement. Paul has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 13.7% of 73,281 all-time
4.39
signature single · CubingUSA Nationals 2019
187
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Skewb4.396.07
top 13.7%2,122 / 18,907
3×313.7415.87
top 20.1%10,793 / 59,724
2×23.834.57
top 24.3%9,537 / 40,951
Pyraminx8.1210.14
top 37.2%10,555 / 28,708
Square-132.4837.63
top 54.1%3,568 / 6,743
3×3 one-handed50.65
early days — 2 solves11,311 / 15,683
Megaminx3:42.07
early days — 2 solves6,925 / 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

All Aboard 2017: 22.17Music City Speedsolving 2017: 20.78Windsor Classic 2017: 17.95Cobb Cubes 2017: 17.33Grind City 2018: 18.00Rocky Top 2018: 15.57CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2019: 13.74CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 15.3413.7422.1725 Feb 20171 Aug 2019

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-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.74 away.

Targets move as he improves.