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Desmond Tran

3×3 · top 31.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015TRAN04

Desmond Tran has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.02, set at Canberra Autumn 2015, puts him in the top 31.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,922nd in Australia. Across 2 competitions since May 2015, he has put 35 official solves on the record across five events. Desmond has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 31.0% of 284,439 all-time
17.02
signature single · Canberra Autumn 2015
35
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×317.0219.29
top 31.0%2,922 / 11,709
3×3 one-handed39.4156.62
top 64.5%1,526 / 2,659
4×41:39.64
early days — 3 solves2,046 / 3,051
3×3 Fewest Moves52 moves
top 83.5%371 / 468
Pyraminx35.29
early days — 2 solves5,953 / 5,993

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

Canberra Autumn 2015: 17.02Canberra Spring 2016: 17.9217.0217.929 May 201524 Sep 2016

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.02 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 one-handed single — 34,382 people have one; it is 9.41 away.

Targets move as he improves.