People · United States
Arvin Tang
3×3 · top 5.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2012 · 2012TANG03
Arvin Tang has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.11, set at SnoCo Veteran's Weekend B 2022, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,919th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since June 2012, he has put 480 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.36 in June 2012 to 9.11, a 37% improvement. Arvin has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.11 | 11.02 | top 5.1% | 2,919 / 60,666 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.41 | 18.45 | top 5.2% | 738 / 15,900 | |
| 2×2 | 2.55 | 5.56 | top 9.5% | 3,779 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 41.48 | 46.47 | top 13.9% | 2,103 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 1:20.83 | 1:26.07 | top 19.9% | 1,579 / 9,537 | |
| Megaminx | 1:27.31 | 1:40.95 | top 26.5% | 1,866 / 8,026 | |
| 7×7 | 4:05.98 | 4:27.77 | top 33.1% | 939 / 3,236 | |
| 6×6 | 2:53.33 | 2:58.11 | top 37.7% | 1,389 / 4,262 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:39.57 | — | top 46.4% | 1,015 / 2,128 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.82 | 11.94 | top 51.6% | 15,246 / 29,168 |
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
- 10 Aug 2019Four personal bests in one day at Puget Sound Summer 2019.
- 4 May 2019Three personal bests in one day at Puget Sound Spring 2019.
- 9 May 2015First sub-10 3×3: 9.62 at UW Spring 2015.
- 31 Jan 2015Four personal bests in one day at Rose City Cubing Competition 2015.
- 15 Mar 2014Four personal bests in one day at Cube Kingdom II 2014.
- 26 Jul 2013Four personal bests in one day at World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013.
Competitions
- SnoCo Veteran's Weekend B 2022 · 12 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- SnoCo Fall 2019 · 16 Nov 2019
- Puget Sound Summer 2019 · 10 Aug 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2019 · 21 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Puget Sound Spring 2019 · 4 May 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- SnoCo Feet Fest 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Puget Sound Open 2015 · 17 Oct 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubes4Speed MOX Summer 2015 · 13 Jun 2015
- UW Spring 2015 · 9 May 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Rose City Cubing Competition 2015 · 31 Jan 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Cube Kingdom II 2014 · 15 Mar 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013 · 26 Jul 2013 — 4 personal bests set
- Cube Kingdom 2013 · 12 Jan 2013 — 5 personal bests set
- Groovik's Cube Seattle 2012 · 10 Jun 2012
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.
- Ben Yu — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Janelle Tin — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 35 times
- Luke Tycksen — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.11 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,239 people have one; it is 1.41 away.
Targets move as he improves.