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Paul Zupan

3×3 · top 13.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018ZUPA01

Paul Zupan has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.82, set at Rose City 2022, puts him in the top 13.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,112th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since January 2018, he has put 111 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.89 in January 2018 to 11.82, a 46% improvement. Paul has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.3% of 284,439 all-time
11.82
signature single · Rose City 2022
111
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.8214.59
top 13.3%7,112 / 59,724
2×25.417.43
top 44.3%17,864 / 40,951
4×41:10.371:27.89
top 47.2%7,864 / 19,072
Skewb10.2415.77
top 56.4%10,258 / 18,907
Pyraminx11.4717.23
top 63.8%18,819 / 28,708

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

PDX Cubing for Causes 2018: 21.89Eugene Spring 2018: 23.39Puget Sound NxNxN 2018: 21.62Lincoln City 2019: 16.75Oregon State Favorites 2019: 14.38PDX Cubing for Causes 2020: 13.11Oregon State Leap Day 2020: 13.44Rose City 2022: 11.8211.8223.3913 Jan 20187 May 2022

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.82 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.41 away.

Targets move as he improves.