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Sean Then (邓宇恒)

3×3 · top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2011 · 2011THEN01

Sean Then (邓宇恒) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.19, set at Forest City Open 2017, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 158th in Malaysia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since February 2011, he has put 587 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.65 in February 2011 to 8.19, a 44% improvement. Sean has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time
8.19
signature single · Forest City Open 2017
587
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMalaysia
3×38.1910.07
top 3.1%158 / 3,773
3×3 one-handed15.0717.09
top 8.2%124 / 1,327
4×437.5542.27
top 9.3%156 / 1,219
2×23.714.29
top 22.8%671 / 2,541
Pyraminx7.7212.62
top 33.9%689 / 1,723
5×51:46.951:52.23
top 40.5%312 / 617
Megaminx2:05.412:33.43
top 48.8%301 / 518
Clock41.3853.19
top 93.9%385 / 406

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

NUS Rubik's Cube Competition 2011: 14.65Cyber Open 2011: 11.81Cube Fever 2011: 11.44Malaysia Cube Open 2012: 9.08Johor Rubik's Cube Open 2012: 11.11Singapore Rubik's Cube Competition 2013: 10.16Singapore Rubik's Cube Competition 2014: 9.80Singapore Rubik's Cube Competition 2015: 10.55Foon Yew Open 2015: 9.65Malaysian Cube Open 2015: 9.54Johor Lunar New Year 2016: 9.60IsYou Cube Open 2016: 9.75Melbourne Cube Days 2016: 9.82POPS Open 2016: 9.68Forest City Open 2017: 8.19Australian Nationals 2017: 8.82Johor Cube Open 2018: 9.628.1914.6520 Feb 201111 Feb 2018

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 0.07 away.

Targets move as he improves.