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Melvin Tan
3×3 · top 1.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2021 · 2021TANM01
Melvin Tan has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.35, set at Melbourne Cube Days 2022, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 191st in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since April 2021, he has put 68 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.13 in April 2021 to 7.35, a 27% improvement. Melvin has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.35 | 10.24 | top 1.8% | 191 / 11,709 | |
| 4×4 | 33.77 | 38.82 | top 5.6% | 149 / 3,051 | |
| 5×5 | 1:12.54 | 1:17.86 | top 13.5% | 180 / 1,356 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.61 | 24.37 | top 27.7% | 620 / 2,659 | |
| 2×2 | 4.19 | 5.11 | top 28.9% | 2,254 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:50.12 | — | early days — 1 solve | 228 / 394 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 41 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 229 / 468 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 12 Nov 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.86 at Melbourne Cube Days 2022.
- 12 Nov 2022Four personal bests in one day at Melbourne Cube Days 2022.
- 17 Apr 2021First competition: Altona Algorithms Attempt 2 2021. A 10.13 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Melbourne Cube Days 2022 · 12 Nov 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Altona Algorithms Attempt 2 2021 · 17 Apr 2021
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.
- Lennon Hughes — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Myles Jarman — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Riley Dexter — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.35 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 3.77 away.
Targets move as he improves.