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Justin Nicholas Tan
3×3 · top 8.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017TANJ03
Justin Nicholas Tan has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.17, set at Mudd Winter 2020, puts him in the top 8.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,387th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since August 2017, he has put 60 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.69 in August 2017 to 10.17, a 26% improvement. Justin has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 10.17 | 12.19 | top 8.0% | 4,387 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.40 | 21.10 | top 16.2% | 2,082 / 15,683 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:27.48 | — | top 22.1% | 450 / 2,092 | |
| 2×2 | 4.48 | 5.54 | top 32.7% | 12,990 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 5 of 5 cubes · 44:19 | — | early days — 1 solve | 289 / 731 |
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
- 22 Feb 2020Three personal bests in one day at Mudd Winter 2020.
- 19 Aug 2017First competition: Nisei Week 2017. A 13.69 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Mudd Winter 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- UCSD Winter 2020 · 18 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Nisei Week 2017 · 19 Aug 2017
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.
- Elijah Brown — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Michael Young — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead once
- Kyeongmin Choi (최경민) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 3.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.