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Newton Tran

3×3 · top 76.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2011 · 2011TRAN11

Newton Tran has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 39.66, set at Perth Puzzle Championship 2011, puts him in the top 76.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,862nd in Australia. Across 1 competition since December 2011, he has put 20 official solves on the record across three events.

3×3
best event — top 76.5% of 284,439 all-time
39.66
signature single · Perth Puzzle Championship 2011
20
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×339.6643.34
top 76.5%8,862 / 11,709
2×211.8420.14
top 84.0%7,110 / 8,567
Pyraminx19.9624.72
top 92.8%5,669 / 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 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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 9.66 away.
  • A sub-10 2×2 single — 145,545 people have one; it is 1.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.