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Bryson Tang
3×3 · top 6.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2012 · 2012TANG09
Bryson Tang has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.80, set at Lexington Spring 2015, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,782nd in the United States. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since November 2012, he has put 212 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.93 in November 2012 to 9.80, a 53% improvement. Bryson has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 9.80 | 14.44 | top 6.9% | 3,782 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.44 | 32.07 | top 21.7% | 2,784 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 4.03 | 5.32 | top 26.9% | 10,610 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.54 | 12.65 | top 40.9% | 11,715 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 9.29 | 12.57 | top 50.4% | 9,023 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:30.73 | — | top 64.1% | 11,246 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 45.28 | — | early days — 1 solve | 8,577 / 8,927 |
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
- 11 Apr 2015First sub-10 3×3: 9.80 at Lexington Spring 2015.
- 6 Dec 2014Four personal bests in one day at MIT Fall 2014.
- 8 Nov 2014Three personal bests in one day at Lexington Fall 2014.
- 1 Aug 2014First sub-15 3×3: 13.40 at US Nationals 2014.
- 23 Nov 2013Three personal bests in one day at Lexington Fall 2013.
- 9 Mar 2013First sub-20 3×3: 18.25 at MIT Spring 2013.
Competitions
- WPI Fall Cube Fest 2017 · 1 Oct 2017
- Lexington Fall 2015 · 24 Oct 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Lexington Spring 2015 · 11 Apr 2015 — 1 personal best set
- MIT Fall 2014 · 6 Dec 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Lexington Fall 2014 · 8 Nov 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Harvard Fall 2014 · 11 Oct 2014 — 1 personal best set
- US Nationals 2014 · 1 Aug 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Lexington Spring 2014 · 12 Apr 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Lexington Fall 2013 · 23 Nov 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- MIT Spring 2013 · 9 Mar 2013 — 1 personal best set
- MIT Fall 2012 · 10 Nov 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.
- Tim Reynolds — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Arlo Sims — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead once
- Kevin Costello III — met in 43 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.80 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.