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Derek Tilton

3×3 · top 82.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2006 · 2006TILT01

Derek Tilton has been competing for 20 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 45.87, set at Idaho Open 2007, puts him in the top 82.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 50,745th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since November 2006, he has put 19 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:16.53 in November 2006 to 45.87, a 40% improvement. Derek has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 82.8% of 284,439 all-time
45.87
signature single · Idaho Open 2007
19
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×345.8756.54
top 82.8%50,745 / 59,724
2×218.1632.38
top 94.2%39,082 / 40,951

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

UC Berkeley Fall competition 2006: 1:16.53Idaho Open 2007: 45.8745.871:16.5318 Nov 200617 Mar 2007

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-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 5.87 away.
  • A sub-15 2×2 single — 169,048 people have one; it is 3.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.