People · New Zealand
Serena Jones
3×3 · top 6.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2019 · 2019JONE01
Serena Jones has been competing for 8 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.76, set at Perth Puzzle Party 2020, puts her in the top 6.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 149th in New Zealand. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since January 2019, she has put 309 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 14.76 in January 2019 to 9.76, a 34% improvement. Serena has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.76 | 12.88 | top 6.8% | 149 / 2,095 | |
| Megaminx | 57.67 | 1:10.43 | top 8.8% | 37 / 283 | |
| Skewb | 4.26 | 7.06 | top 12.7% | 102 / 666 | |
| 4×4 | 41.15 | 47.61 | top 13.5% | 109 / 722 | |
| 5×5 | 1:13.06 | 1:20.57 | top 13.9% | 52 / 355 | |
| 7×7 | 3:17.58 | 3:38.65 | top 15.5% | 25 / 126 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.46 | 7.20 | top 16.2% | 227 / 1,141 | |
| 6×6 | 2:16.29 | 2:26.46 | top 18.6% | 34 / 149 | |
| 2×2 | 4.47 | 6.09 | top 32.5% | 572 / 1,615 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.32 | 33.09 | top 47.4% | 266 / 600 |
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
- 9 Aug 2020Three personal bests in one day at Perth Late Night 2020.
- 4 Jan 2020First sub-10 3×3: 9.76 at Perth Puzzle Party 2020.
- 4 Jan 2020Four personal bests in one day at Perth Puzzle Party 2020.
- 13 Dec 2019Four personal bests in one day at New Zealand Nationals 2019.
- 28 Sep 2019Five personal bests in one day at Westcoast Woodvale Weekends 2019.
- 25 May 2019Three personal bests in one day at Koalafication Perth 2019.
Competitions
- Get Another Success in Success 2024 · 24 Feb 2024
- Steady Swanbourne 2021 · 26 Jun 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Pinjarra Puzzle Party 2021 · 17 Jan 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Perth Late Night 2020 · 9 Aug 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Slow Down Perth 2020 · 15 Mar 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Perth Puzzle Party 2020 · 4 Jan 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2019 · 13 Dec 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Westcoast Woodvale Weekends 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Koalafication Perth 2019 · 25 May 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Perth Puzzle Party 2019 · 12 Jan 2019
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 her.
- Jonathan Charlesworth — met in 54 rounds, never finished ahead
- Marquez Phan — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Alvaro Haidar Ersha — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.76 away.
- A sub-50 Megaminx single — 1,776 people have one; it is 7.67 away.
Targets move as she improves.