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Mandy Tao

2×2 · top 50.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014TAOM01

Mandy Tao has been competing for 12 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.92, set at Newcastle Winter 2015, puts her in the top 50.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,973rd in Australia. Across 4 competitions since November 2014, she has put 54 official solves on the record across three events. Her 2×2 best has come down from 18.75 in November 2014 to 5.92, a 68% improvement. Mandy has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 50.1% of 186,767 all-time
5.92
signature single · Newcastle Winter 2015
54
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×25.929.40
top 50.1%3,973 / 8,567
3×336.9144.80
top 73.1%8,404 / 11,709
Pyraminx13.0815.79
top 73.3%4,425 / 5,993

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

Sydney Spring 2014: 18.75Newcastle Winter 2015: 5.92Australian Nationals 2015: 7.76Adelaide Summer 2017: 10.865.9218.7523 Nov 201421 Jan 2017

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 6.91 away.

Targets move as she improves.