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Ava Thain

3×3 · top 12.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022THAI01

Ava Thain has been competing for 4 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.56, set at Glasgow Autumn 2023, puts her in the top 12.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 876th in the United Kingdom. Across 8 competitions since April 2022, she has put 277 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 18.59 in April 2022 to 11.56, a 38% improvement. Ava has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 12.4% of 284,439 all-time
11.56
signature single · Glasgow Autumn 2023
277
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×311.5616.53
top 12.4%876 / 6,689
2×22.944.89
top 13.6%829 / 4,895
Pyraminx5.3710.02
top 15.5%595 / 3,656
4×41:07.431:19.96
top 44.3%972 / 2,071
Skewb8.7013.07
top 46.4%1,090 / 2,421
3×3 one-handed33.3345.37
top 54.0%956 / 1,851

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

Farnworth Spring B 2022: 18.59Glasgow Open 2022: 16.74Kewbz UK Championship 2022: 17.77Glasgow Winter 2023: 14.75Edinburgh Spring 2023: 14.06Glasgow Spring 2023: 14.98Glasgow Autumn 2023: 11.56Glasgow Spring 2024: 13.7811.5618.5910 Apr 20222 Mar 2024

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.56 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.94 away.

Targets move as she improves.