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Justin Thomas

3×3 · top 4.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2011 · 2011THOM01

Justin Thomas has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.65, set at Caltech Winter Open 2014, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,291st in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since June 2011, he has put 640 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.13 in June 2011 to 8.65, a 29% improvement. Justin has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.1% of 284,439 all-time
8.65
signature single · Caltech Winter Open 2014
640
official solves on the record
9%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.6510.53
top 4.1%2,291 / 59,724
4×433.0236.44
top 5.0%778 / 19,072
2×22.363.27
top 7.6%2,991 / 40,951
Square-111.1816.75
top 8.3%598 / 6,743
Pyraminx4.166.17
top 8.5%2,175 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed15.2218.09
top 8.6%1,149 / 15,683
Megaminx58.061:07.80
top 9.0%620 / 7,841
5×51:07.181:14.55
top 9.8%763 / 9,401
6×62:05.492:09.21
top 13.4%495 / 4,196
7×73:26.113:35.08
top 18.4%520 / 3,184
Clock8.9410.15
top 19.7%1,506 / 8,927
3×3 blindfolded1:26.392:51.53
top 21.8%442 / 2,092
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves—
early days — 3 solves586 / 2,040
Skewb6.289.58
top 28.0%4,558 / 18,907
3×3 Multi-Blind7 of 8 cubes · 43:56—
early days — 1 solve231 / 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

Arizona Open 2011: 12.13Arizona Showdown 2011: 12.02United States National Championships 2012: 12.58Arizona Winter 2012: 11.78World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 9.80Antelope Valley Fall 2013: 11.19Southwest Showdown 2013: 9.66Caltech Fall Open 2013: 10.86Bay Area Speedcubin' 2 2014: 10.87Caltech Winter Open 2014: 8.65Berkeley Spring 2014: 9.68BASC 3: Flagj Day 2014: 9.958.6512.584 Jun 201114 Jun 2014

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.

  • Edward Lin — met in 85 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
  • Austin Reed — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead 37 times
  • Mitchell Lane — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 29 times

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 3.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.