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Lee Thielemier

3×3 one-handed · top 8.6% of 73,695 all-time · competing since May 2009 · 2009THIE03

Lee Thielemier has been competing for 17 years. Their best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 15.25, set at US Nationals 2014, puts them in the top 8.6% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,158th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since May 2009, they have put 801 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, their 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Their 3×3 best has come down from 28.71 in May 2009 to 10.92, a 62% improvement. Lee has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 8.6% of 73,695 all-time
15.25
signature single · US Nationals 2014
801
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×3 one-handed15.2516.85
top 8.6%1,158 / 15,683
2×22.614.87
top 10.0%3,938 / 40,951
3×310.9214.27
top 10.2%5,535 / 59,724
Pyraminx6.4610.75
top 23.5%6,372 / 28,708
4×455.971:09.88
top 31.9%5,067 / 19,072
Clock12.4614.01
top 37.2%2,957 / 8,927
3×3 blindfolded2:26.08
top 42.0%889 / 2,092
Square-128.5347.10
top 46.7%3,043 / 6,743
5×52:12.282:32.35
top 56.7%4,815 / 9,401
Megaminx2:39.31
top 65.7%5,021 / 7,841
3×3 Fewest Moves49 moves
early days — 2 solves1,575 / 2,040
6×65:29.54
top 86.7%3,558 / 4,196
Skewb23.9029.99
top 94.0%18,057 / 18,907
7×79:05.81
early days — 3 solves3,050 / 3,184

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

Cumberland Valley Open 2009: 28.71Baltimore Spring competition 2010: 16.96United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010: 17.80Princeton Fall 2010: 16.02River Hill Fall 2010: 15.40Washington DC Winter 2011: 15.53River Hill Spring 2011: 13.59United States National Championships 2011: 14.86Princeton Fall 2011: 14.53Liberty Science Center Open 2011: 12.30River Hill Winter 2012: 19.53United States National Championships 2012: 15.16Princeton Fall 2012: 15.28Chesapeake Science Point Fall 2012: 12.56River Hill Winter 2013: 17.43Princeton Spring 2013: 15.94World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 13.70Chesapeake Science Point Fall 2013: 11.94Slow 'n Steady Fall 2013: 12.80River Hill Winter 2014: 11.52Princeton Winter 2014: 12.52US Nationals 2014: 13.48Slow n Steady Spring 2015: 10.9210.9228.7130 May 20096 Jun 2015

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 their.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.61 away.

Targets move as they improves.