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Kavin Tangtartharakul

3×3 · top 0.28% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2014 · 2014TANG03

Kavin Tangtartharakul has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.59, set at UCSD For Hemophilia 2023, puts him in the top 0.28% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 192nd in the United States. Until March 2013, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 52 competitions since May 2014, he has put 1,538 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.50 in May 2014 to 5.59, a 47% improvement. Kavin has entered 52 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.28% of 284,439 all-time
5.59
signature single · UCSD For Hemophilia 2023
1,538
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×35.596.84
top 0.28%192 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed8.9111.21
top 0.47%69 / 15,683
3×3 blindfolded24.12—
top 2.6%50 / 2,092
2×22.624.03
top 10.1%3,980 / 40,951
5×51:18.651:23.72
top 18.0%1,390 / 9,401
3×3 Multi-Blind8 of 8 cubes · 36:15—
top 21.7%157 / 731
4×448.8253.91
top 23.2%3,535 / 19,072
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves35.67
top 23.4%507 / 2,040
Megaminx1:24.731:30.61
top 24.8%1,708 / 7,841
6×62:32.152:37.47
top 26.7%938 / 4,196
Pyraminx7.049.20
top 28.2%7,768 / 28,708
7×74:03.584:11.19
top 32.1%895 / 3,184
Skewb12.0117.56
top 66.1%12,332 / 18,907
Clock45.531:24.58
top 95.7%8,585 / 8,927

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

San Diego Summer Splash 2014: 10.50Nub Open 2015: 9.13San Diego Summer Splash 2015: 9.60Caltech Fall 2015: 7.86St. Francis II: GYM 2016: 7.95TFTI San Diego 2016: 8.262FTI San Diego 2016: 7.36Caltech Winter 2017: 7.75Cerritos Open 2017: 8.24UCSD Summer 2017: 7.85Nisei Week 2017: 7.97TF3I San Diego 2017: 7.50Thanks Four The Invite 2018: 7.54Thanks for the InFive 2018: 6.74West Coast Cubing Tour - Los Angeles 2018: 7.30CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 7.44Another Bruin Cube Day 2019: 7.34UCSD Winter 2019: 7.34CubingUSA Western Championship 2019: 7.51San Diego Summer 2019: 7.28Grossmont Fall 2019: 7.04UCSD Winter 2020: 7.32San Diego Spring 2022: 7.27Marshall Middle Slice 2022: 6.37Marshall Cubing September 2022: 7.04WCC Western Championship 2022: 7.33Circle City Supercharged 2022: 7.48San Diego's Final Cube-Down 2022: 6.45Chula Vista Winter 2023: 7.27Jaguar Open 2023: 6.43Oak Valley Winter B 2023: 6.87Marshall Cubing Spring 2023: 6.56Circle City Turbocharged 2023: 6.80UCSD Spring 2023: 6.69Westview Cubing Favorites 2023: 7.23UCSD For Hemophilia 2023: 5.59UCSD Summer 2023: 6.37UCSD Extravaganza 2023: 6.79CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023: 7.33UCSD Winter 2023: 6.44UCSD Winter 2024: 6.57Triton Tricubealon 2024: 6.84CubingUSA Western Championship 2024: 6.40UCSD Fall 2024: 6.58Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 6.76UCSD Unofficial Events 2025: 6.77Super Duper San Diego 2026: 7.685.5910.5024 May 20149 Jan 2026

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.

  • Max Park — met in 233 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
  • Shane Grogan — met in 191 rounds, finished ahead 124 times
  • Michael Young — met in 185 rounds, finished ahead 129 times

Next targets

  • A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 one-handed single — 151 people have one; it is 0.91 away.

Targets move as he improves.