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David Tan

3×3 · top 11.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2009 · 2009TAND02

David Tan has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.28, set at Cyber Open 2011, puts him in the top 11.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 601st in Malaysia. Across 6 competitions since November 2009, he has put 164 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.13 in November 2009 to 11.28, a 38% improvement. David has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 11.4% of 284,439 all-time
11.28
signature single · Cyber Open 2011
164
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMalaysia
3×311.2812.02
top 11.4%601 / 3,773
2×23.564.53
top 20.9%584 / 2,541
4×453.5558.57
top 29.0%471 / 1,219
3×3 one-handed30.4132.83
top 47.6%765 / 1,327
Square-143.2759.40
top 69.1%280 / 364
5×53:03.08
early days — 2 solves535 / 617
Pyraminx17.0320.50
top 87.8%1,585 / 1,723

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

Malaysian Open 2009: 18.13Johor Rubik's Cube Open 2010: 13.63Malaysian Cube Open 2010: 11.65NUS Rubik's Cube Competition 2011: 12.19Cyber Open 2011: 11.28Cube Fever 2011: 11.4711.2818.1328 Nov 200927 Aug 2011

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.28 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.56 away.

Targets move as he improves.