People · United States
Corey Tharp
2×2 · top 7.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016THAR01
Corey Tharp has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.37, set at CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2018, puts him in the top 7.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,093rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since June 2016, he has put 152 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.18 in May 2018 to 10.78, an 18% improvement. Corey has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.37 | 3.70 | top 7.7% | 3,093 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 10.78 | 13.88 | top 9.9% | 5,423 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.22 | 9.31 | top 21.7% | 5,898 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 52.93 | 1:01.20 | top 28.4% | 4,449 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 50.04 | — | early days — 2 solves | 11,356 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 3:19.74 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,874 / 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
- 18 May 2018Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2018.
- 25 Jun 2016First competition: Indiana 2016.
Competitions
- Indianapolis Cubes Winter 2019 · 14 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Flag City Fall 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Indianapolis Cubes 2019 · 16 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Indianapolis Fall 2018 · 1 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Flag City Fall 2018 · 20 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2018 · 18 May 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2017 · 7 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Indiana 2016 · 25 Jun 2016
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.
- Luke Garrett — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
- Andy Denney — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tyler Brodzinski — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.