People · Australia
Curtis Tham
3×3 · top 9.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022THAM03
Curtis Tham has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.77, set at Adelaide Summer 2023, puts him in the top 9.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 882nd in Australia. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since August 2022, he has put 106 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.31 in August 2022 to 10.77, a 38% improvement. Curtis has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.77 | 13.17 | top 9.8% | 882 / 11,943 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.11 | 8.23 | top 13.9% | 670 / 6,109 | |
| Clock | 9.28 | 10.09 | top 21.3% | 254 / 1,159 | |
| 2×2 | 3.70 | 5.20 | top 22.8% | 1,775 / 8,727 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.36 | 26.01 | top 24.2% | 549 / 2,685 | |
| Skewb | 6.53 | 7.02 | top 30.0% | 853 / 3,589 | |
| Square-1 | 30.15 | 42.62 | top 49.7% | 494 / 920 | |
| 4×4 | 1:12.86 | 1:18.27 | top 49.7% | 1,367 / 3,108 | |
| Megaminx | 2:59.91 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,029 / 1,313 |
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 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at On the Side South Australia 2023.
- 28 Jan 2023Seven personal bests in one day at Adelaide Summer 2023.
- 5 Nov 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.92 at South Australian Open 2022.
- 21 Aug 2022First competition: Clare Valley Cubing 2022. A 17.31 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- On the Side South Australia 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Adelaide Summer 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- South Australian Open 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Clare Valley Cubing 2022 · 21 Aug 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.
- Gerard McGinley — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Jonah Blakeley — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead once
- Nathan Nairn — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,242 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
Targets move as he improves.