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Bryan Tan

3×3 · top 20.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2006 · 2006TANB01

Bryan Tan has been competing for 20 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.71, set at Berkeley Spring competition 2008, puts him in the top 20.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,734th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since November 2006, he has put 67 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.10 in November 2006 to 13.71, a 35% improvement. Bryan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 20.0% of 284,439 all-time
13.71
signature single · Berkeley Spring competition 2008
67
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×313.7116.55
top 20.0%10,734 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed30.7534.95
top 48.4%6,609 / 15,683
4×41:34.661:40.57
top 67.0%11,863 / 19,072

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

UC Berkeley Fall competition 2006: 21.10Caltech Winter competition 2007: 20.21Berkeley Spring competition 2007: 17.66Berkeley Fall competition 2007: 16.22Berkeley Spring competition 2008: 13.7113.7121.1018 Nov 200626 Apr 2008

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 his.

  • Lucas Garron — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Darren Kwong — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Jeff Chiu — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 12 times

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.71 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 one-handed single — 34,382 people have one; it is 0.75 away.

Targets move as he improves.