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Austin Thein
3×3 · top 9.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022THEI04
Austin Thein has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.67, set at Nickel City 2023, puts him in the top 9.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,259th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since November 2022, he has put 76 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.12 in November 2022 to 10.67, a 12% improvement. Austin has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 10.67 | 12.49 | top 9.5% | 5,259 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 58.11 | 1:05.43 | top 34.5% | 5,612 / 19,354 | |
| Square-1 | 29.88 | 34.99 | top 49.2% | 3,261 / 6,846 | |
| 2×2 | 6.21 | 11.98 | top 53.1% | 22,026 / 41,674 | |
| 5×5 | 2:11.16 | 2:20.30 | top 56.3% | 4,836 / 9,537 |
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
- 25 Mar 2023Four personal bests in one day at Nickel City 2023.
- 19 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Waterloo Favourites B 2023.
- 27 Nov 2022First competition: Oakville Fall B 2022. A 12.89 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Appleby Summer A 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Nickel City 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Waterloo Favourites B 2023 · 19 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Appleby Winter B 2023 · 8 Jan 2023
- Oakville Fall B 2022 · 27 Nov 2022 — 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.
- Jack Williams — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Joey Saia — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead once
- Max Murphy — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
- A sub-50 4×4 single — 21,117 people have one; it is 8.11 away.
Targets move as he improves.