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Cameron Tan
3×3 · top 5.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022TANC04
Cameron Tan has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.17, set at The Big Cube Melbourne 2023, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,948th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since November 2022, he has put 146 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.79 in November 2022 to 9.17, a 54% improvement. Cameron has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 9.17 | 10.94 | top 5.3% | 2,948 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.49 | 4.25 | top 20.1% | 7,889 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.12 | 10.94 | top 28.8% | 7,968 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.38 | 29.06 | top 29.8% | 3,861 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 59.76 | 1:08.28 | top 36.2% | 5,838 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 2:07.56 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,568 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 9.98 | 12.99 | top 54.8% | 9,950 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 2:23.37 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,361 / 7,841 | |
| 7×7 | 6:16.26 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,202 / 3,184 | |
| 6×6 | 4:52.24 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,203 / 4,196 |
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
- 14 Oct 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.17 at The Big Cube Melbourne 2023.
- 1 Jul 2023First sub-15 3×3: 11.66 at Victorian Open 2023.
- 12 Nov 2022First competition: Melbourne Cube Days 2022. A 19.79 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Spark Melbourne Spring Saturday 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Summer 2024 · 19 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- The Big Cube Melbourne 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cubing for Kids Sunday 2023 · 27 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Victorian Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2022 · 12 Nov 2022
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.
- Hayden Wai — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Jacob Joshi — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
- Benjamin Kao — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.17 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
Targets move as he improves.