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Russell Johnson

3×3 · top 19.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018JOHN25

Russell Johnson has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.43, set at Northern Virginia Summer 2019, puts him in the top 19.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,190th in the United States. Across 11 competitions since May 2018, he has put 185 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.86 in May 2018 to 13.43, a 29% improvement. Russell has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 19.0% of 284,439 all-time
13.43
signature single · Northern Virginia Summer 2019
185
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×313.4316.28
top 19.0%10,190 / 59,724
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves
early days — 2 solves652 / 2,040
2×25.126.91
top 40.8%16,393 / 40,951
4×41:04.311:09.22
top 41.0%6,694 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed28.1533.91
top 42.3%5,684 / 15,683
5×52:02.822:14.11
top 51.0%4,279 / 9,401
Pyraminx9.8916.83
top 52.1%15,179 / 28,708
7×75:14.745:49.15
top 55.4%1,638 / 3,184
6×64:45.39
early days — 1 solve3,126 / 4,196
Square-158.17
early days — 2 solves5,513 / 6,743
Skewb23.0734.05
top 93.3%17,927 / 18,907
3×3 blindfolded9:28.66
early days — 1 solve2,057 / 2,092

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

RVA Spring 2018: 18.86Tea Time Spring 2018: 21.23RVAutumn 2018: 19.04Richmond Spring 2019: 14.56Northern Virginia Summer 2019: 13.43Rally in the Valley 2019: 17.37Solving Hunger Virginia 2019: 14.19TJHSST Fall 2019: 18.40ODU Big Blue Fall 2019: 15.49Potomac Speedcubing 2020: 15.71MLWGS Winter 2020: 13.6913.4321.235 May 201818 Jan 2020

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.43 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.12 away.

Targets move as he improves.