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Kathan Thompson

2×2 · top 30.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2019 · 2019THOM03

Kathan Thompson has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.33, set at Cape Town Summer 2020, puts him in the top 30.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 319th in South Africa. Across 3 competitions since January 2019, he has put 45 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.08 in January 2019 to 18.66, a 40% improvement. Kathan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 30.7% of 186,767 all-time
4.33
signature single · Cape Town Summer 2020
45
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
2×24.336.10
top 30.7%319 / 1,510
3×318.6623.60
top 36.1%485 / 2,164

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

Speedcubes Cape Town 2019: 31.08Cape Town Spring 2019: 25.05Cape Town Summer 2020: 18.6618.6631.0820 Jan 201914 Mar 2020

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-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.66 away.

Targets move as he improves.