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Sophie Clifford

3×3 · top 27.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017CLIF01

Sophie Clifford has been competing for 9 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.03, set at August Bank Holiday Celebration 2019, puts her in the top 27.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,846th in the United Kingdom. Across 10 competitions since June 2017, she has put 129 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 33.09 in June 2017 to 16.03, a 52% improvement. Sophie has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 27.9% of 284,439 all-time
16.03
signature single · August Bank Holiday Celebration 2019
129
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×316.0320.08
top 27.9%1,846 / 6,689
4×41:03.241:14.05
top 39.9%863 / 2,071
5×52:09.692:32.90
top 55.2%680 / 1,151
6×65:55.91
early days — 1 solve514 / 548

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

Crawley Open 2017: 33.09Guildford Open 2017: 25.52Guildford Open 2018: 18.97August Bank Holiday Competition 2018: 21.02Cambridge Open 2018: 22.59Fontwell Open 2019: 20.72Cork Open 2019: 18.91August Bank Holiday Celebration 2019: 16.03Liechtenstein Open 2019: 18.48Fontwell Open 2020: 16.6916.0333.093 Jun 20178 Feb 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.03 away.
  • A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 30,601 people have one; it is 3.24 away.

Targets move as she improves.