People · United States
Greg Van Tongeren
3×3 · top 22.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2009 · 2009TONG01
Greg Van Tongeren has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.36, set at MIT Fall 2015, puts him in the top 22.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,251st in the United States. Across 11 competitions since February 2009, he has put 168 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.88 in February 2009 to 14.36, a 65% improvement. Greg has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 14.36 | 16.80 | top 22.3% | 12,251 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 4.65 | 7.37 | top 34.9% | 14,138 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.70 | 1:09.09 | top 39.4% | 6,492 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 2:26.28 | 2:50.33 | top 64.2% | 5,644 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 46.88 | — | top 73.7% | 10,821 / 15,900 | |
| Pyraminx | 21.28 | 23.43 | top 94.3% | 27,986 / 29,168 | |
| 6×6 | 8:09.08 | — | early days — 1 solve | 4,178 / 4,262 |
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
- 5 Feb 2011First sub-20 3×3: 14.84 at Brown Cubing Day 2011.
- 5 Feb 2011First sub-15 3×3: 14.84 at Brown Cubing Day 2011.
- 5 Feb 2011Four personal bests in one day at Brown Cubing Day 2011.
- 14 Nov 2009Three personal bests in one day at MIT Fall 2009.
- 23 May 2009Four personal bests in one day at Captain's Cove competition 2009.
- 7 Mar 2009First sub-30 3×3: 27.22 at Fort Lee Winter 2009.
Competitions
- MIT Fall 2015 · 12 Dec 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Northeastern Fall 2015 · 15 Nov 2015
- Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2015 · 3 Oct 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- MIT Spring 2015 · 2 May 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- MIT Fall 2014 · 6 Dec 2014
- Brown Cubing Day 2011 · 5 Feb 2011 — 4 personal bests set
- Brown Cubing Day 2009 · 12 Dec 2009 — 1 personal best set
- MIT Fall 2009 · 14 Nov 2009 — 3 personal bests set
- Captain's Cove competition 2009 · 23 May 2009 — 4 personal bests set
- Fort Lee Winter 2009 · 7 Mar 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Newark Winter 2009 · 7 Feb 2009
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.
- Tim Reynolds — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead once
- Rowe Hessler — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead once
- Bob Burton — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 2.36 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.