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Sean Murphy

3×3 · top 17.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2014 · 2014MURP01

Sean Murphy has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.99, set at Melbourne Cube Days 2023, puts him in the top 17.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,316th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since January 2014, he has put 116 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.08 in January 2014 to 12.99, a 64% improvement. Sean has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 17.4% of 284,439 all-time
12.99
signature single · Melbourne Cube Days 2023
116
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.9915.19
top 17.4%9,316 / 59,724
2×24.555.38
top 33.6%13,363 / 40,951
3×3 blindfolded2:03.15
early days — 3 solves711 / 2,092
3×3 one-handed31.0538.60
top 49.0%6,729 / 15,683
Pyraminx10.6815.19
top 58.2%17,056 / 28,708
4×41:26.661:31.07
top 61.1%10,662 / 19,072

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

Lifestyle Seasons Summer 2014: 36.08Lifestyle Seasons Summer 2015: 31.05Melbourne Autumn 2015: 25.47Cube for Cambodia 2015: 18.47Australian Nationals 2015: 16.86Melbourne Cube Days 2015: 16.77Cranbourne Spring Saturday 2023: 13.84Melbourne Cube Days 2023: 12.9912.9936.0811 Jan 201411 Nov 2023

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 0.99 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.