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Sean Franklin

3×3 · top 10.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2015 · 2015FRAN02

Sean Franklin has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.91, set at Severna Park Fall 2016, puts him in the top 10.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,522nd in the United States. Across 7 competitions since April 2015, he has put 87 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.08 in April 2015 to 10.91, a 65% improvement. Sean has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 10.2% of 284,439 all-time
10.91
signature single · Severna Park Fall 2016
87
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×310.9112.64
top 10.2%5,522 / 59,724
2×22.754.32
top 11.5%4,506 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed25.9134.68
top 36.6%4,856 / 15,683
Pyraminx8.1510.55
top 37.4%10,664 / 28,708
Skewb10.2610.50
top 56.5%10,282 / 18,907

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

Doylestown Spring 2015: 31.08Slow n Steady Fall 2015: 16.53Red Cross Cubing Open 2016: 15.68Cube4Cam 2016: 13.28Slow N Steady Fall 2016: 12.71Severna Park Fall 2016: 10.9110.9131.0825 Apr 201529 Oct 2016

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 0.91 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.75 away.

Targets move as he improves.