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Cory Thigpen
3×3 · top 22.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2011 · 2011THIG01
Cory Thigpen has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.43, set at Levittown Open 2012, puts him in the top 22.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,148th in the United States. Across 13 competitions since May 2011, he has put 142 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.22 in May 2011 to 14.43, a 61% improvement. Cory has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 14.43 | 18.61 | top 22.5% | 12,148 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.21 | 6.11 | top 29.2% | 11,577 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.68 | 55.03 | top 48.2% | 6,577 / 15,683 | |
| Clock | 15.72 | 17.61 | top 50.7% | 4,143 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 1:46.03 | — | early days — 2 solves | 13,532 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 1 Dec 2012First sub-15 3×3: 14.43 at Levittown Open 2012.
- 18 Feb 2012First sub-20 3×3: 19.08 at MIT Spring 2012.
- 10 Sep 2011First sub-30 3×3: 27.44 at Yale Fall 2011.
- 28 May 2011First competition: San Diego 2011. A 37.22 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rice University 2014 · 18 Oct 2014
- Houston Winter Open 2014 · 4 Jan 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Princeton Spring 2013 · 30 Mar 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Levittown Open 2012 · 1 Dec 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Princeton Fall 2012 · 22 Sep 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Yale Fall 2012 · 8 Sep 2012
- River Hill Summer 2012 · 16 Jun 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Newark Head to Head 2012 · 25 Feb 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- MIT Spring 2012 · 18 Feb 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Bridgewater Open 2011 · 3 Dec 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Princeton Fall 2011 · 24 Sep 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Yale Fall 2011 · 10 Sep 2011 — 1 personal best set
- San Diego 2011 · 28 May 2011
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.
- Bob Burton — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Dan Selzer — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Kian Barry — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.43 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
Targets move as he improves.