People · United States
Paul Wagner
3×3 · top 15.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2008 · 2008WAGN01
Paul Wagner has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.53, set at Long Island 2010, puts him in the top 15.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,442nd in the United States. Across 9 competitions since April 2008, he has put 229 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.06 in April 2008 to 12.53, a 61% improvement. Paul has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.53 | 15.00 | top 15.7% | 8,442 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.13 | 5.26 | top 15.8% | 6,173 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.81 | 31.94 | top 31.0% | 4,010 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 57.09 | 1:04.62 | top 33.2% | 5,300 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:48.06 | 2:02.46 | top 41.2% | 3,339 / 9,401 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.72 | 15.26 | top 58.5% | 17,155 / 28,708 | |
| 6×6 | 5:10.98 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,375 / 4,196 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 7 Mar 2009First sub-15 3×3: 14.47 at Fort Lee Winter 2009.
- 7 Mar 2009Five personal bests in one day at Fort Lee Winter 2009.
- 7 Feb 2009Four personal bests in one day at Newark Winter 2009.
- 22 Nov 2008Three personal bests in one day at Westchester Fall 2008.
- 8 Nov 2008First sub-30 3×3: 17.69 at Newark Open 2008.
- 8 Nov 2008First sub-20 3×3: 17.69 at Newark Open 2008.
Competitions
- Liberty Science Center Open 2013 · 14 Dec 2013
- St. Joseph's College Winter 2011 · 15 Jan 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Long Island 2010 · 21 Aug 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Safe Haven competition 2009 · 20 Jun 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Fort Lee Winter 2009 · 7 Mar 2009 — 5 personal bests set
- Newark Winter 2009 · 7 Feb 2009 — 4 personal bests set
- Westchester Fall 2008 · 22 Nov 2008 — 3 personal bests set
- Newark Open 2008 · 8 Nov 2008 — 3 personal bests set
- Armonk Spring 2008 · 26 Apr 2008
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.
- Bobby D'Angelo — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
- Patrick Jameson — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 7 times · head to head
- Gavin Nelson — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
Targets move as he improves.