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  "metadata": {
    "source": "Official WCA competition results export",
    "source_url": "https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/export/results",
    "source_type": "WCA official competition data",
    "export_date": "2026-08-03",
    "export_format_version": "v2.0.2",
    "attribution": "This information is based on competition results owned and maintained by the World Cube Assocation, published at https://worldcubeassociation.org/results as of August  3, 2026.",
    "last_updated": "2026-08-04",
    "publication_status": "published",
    "title": "Official sub-10 3×3 average competitors over time",
    "sample_size": 8317,
    "date_range": [
      2010,
      2026
    ],
    "definition": "A competitor enters the series in the year of their first positive official 3×3 average below 10.00 seconds.",
    "methodology": "Finds each competitor’s earliest result row with event 333 and average from 0.01 through 9.99 seconds, then reports new and cumulative competitor counts by year.",
    "inclusion_rules": [
      "Event 333",
      "Official average below 10.00 seconds",
      "Primary person record"
    ],
    "exclusion_rules": [
      "Sub-10 single results without a sub-10 average",
      "Unofficial solves"
    ],
    "stable_page_url": "https://supakewber.com/research/sub-10-speedcubers-over-time/",
    "json_url": "https://supakewber.com/data/wca/sub-10-speedcubers-over-time.json",
    "csv_url": "https://supakewber.com/data/wca/sub-10-speedcubers-over-time.csv"
  },
  "data": [
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      "year": 2010,
      "new_sub_10_average_competitors": 11,
      "cumulative_sub_10_average_competitors": 11
    },
    {
      "year": 2011,
      "new_sub_10_average_competitors": 29,
      "cumulative_sub_10_average_competitors": 40
    },
    {
      "year": 2012,
      "new_sub_10_average_competitors": 28,
      "cumulative_sub_10_average_competitors": 68
    },
    {
      "year": 2013,
      "new_sub_10_average_competitors": 46,
      "cumulative_sub_10_average_competitors": 114
    },
    {
      "year": 2014,
      "new_sub_10_average_competitors": 65,
      "cumulative_sub_10_average_competitors": 179
    },
    {
      "year": 2015,
      "new_sub_10_average_competitors": 107,
      "cumulative_sub_10_average_competitors": 286
    },
    {
      "year": 2016,
      "new_sub_10_average_competitors": 195,
      "cumulative_sub_10_average_competitors": 481
    },
    {
      "year": 2017,
      "new_sub_10_average_competitors": 327,
      "cumulative_sub_10_average_competitors": 808
    },
    {
      "year": 2018,
      "new_sub_10_average_competitors": 475,
      "cumulative_sub_10_average_competitors": 1283
    },
    {
      "year": 2019,
      "new_sub_10_average_competitors": 574,
      "cumulative_sub_10_average_competitors": 1857
    },
    {
      "year": 2020,
      "new_sub_10_average_competitors": 126,
      "cumulative_sub_10_average_competitors": 1983
    },
    {
      "year": 2021,
      "new_sub_10_average_competitors": 304,
      "cumulative_sub_10_average_competitors": 2287
    },
    {
      "year": 2022,
      "new_sub_10_average_competitors": 926,
      "cumulative_sub_10_average_competitors": 3213
    },
    {
      "year": 2023,
      "new_sub_10_average_competitors": 1372,
      "cumulative_sub_10_average_competitors": 4585
    },
    {
      "year": 2024,
      "new_sub_10_average_competitors": 1498,
      "cumulative_sub_10_average_competitors": 6083
    },
    {
      "year": 2025,
      "new_sub_10_average_competitors": 1472,
      "cumulative_sub_10_average_competitors": 7555
    },
    {
      "year": 2026,
      "new_sub_10_average_competitors": 762,
      "cumulative_sub_10_average_competitors": 8317
    }
  ]
}