People · United States
Anthony Tan
2×2 · top 6.4% of 189,179 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016TANA02
Anthony Tan has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.22, set at Liberty Science Center Open 2018, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,587th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since May 2016, he has put 72 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.91 in May 2016 to 12.24, a 32% improvement. Anthony has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.22 | 4.32 | top 6.4% | 2,587 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 12.24 | 13.66 | top 14.8% | 8,016 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.36 | 10.69 | top 30.9% | 8,734 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.36 | 37.93 | top 52.1% | 7,290 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 1:47.67 | — | early days — 3 solves | 13,976 / 19,354 | |
| Square-1 | 58.51 | — | early days — 1 solve | 5,604 / 6,846 |
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
- 8 Dec 2018First sub-15 3×3: 12.39 at Liberty Science Center Open 2018.
- 21 May 2016First competition: Big Apple Spring 2016. A 17.91 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Princeton Spring 2022 · 7 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Ridge Cubing 2019 · 6 Apr 2019
- Liberty Science Center Open 2018 · 8 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Big Apple Spring 2016 · 21 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Carson Widjaja — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Samuel Wexler — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Max Chan — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
Targets move as he improves.