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Jonathan Tai

3×3 · top 17.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017TAIJ01

Jonathan Tai has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.97, set at San Diego Summer 2019, puts him in the top 17.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,272nd in the United States. Across 3 competitions since June 2017, he has put 34 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.46 in June 2017 to 12.97, a 51% improvement. Jonathan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 17.3% of 284,439 all-time
12.97
signature single · San Diego Summer 2019
34
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.9716.59
top 17.3%9,272 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed26.7233.77
top 38.6%5,137 / 15,683
Skewb7.869.36
top 40.2%6,936 / 18,907

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

UCSD Summer 2017: 26.46TF3I San Diego 2017: 15.07San Diego Summer 2019: 12.9712.9726.4611 Jun 201731 Aug 2019

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
  • A sub-25 3×3 one-handed single — 25,198 people have one; it is 1.72 away.

Targets move as he improves.