People · Canada
Simon Thon
Clock · top 6.5% of 32,048 all-time · competing since January 2015 · 2015THON01
Simon Thon has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 5.75, set at Cubing Under the Stars 2018, puts him in the top 6.5% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 45th in Canada. Until December 2011, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since January 2015, he has put 269 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.53 in January 2015 to 10.65, a 39% improvement. Simon has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 5.75 | 7.82 | top 6.5% | 45 / 1,029 | |
| 3×3 | 10.65 | 12.60 | top 9.4% | 865 / 10,392 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.58 | 7.06 | top 10.7% | 389 / 4,858 | |
| Megaminx | 1:02.11 | 1:05.59 | top 11.1% | 101 / 1,375 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.18 | 20.13 | top 15.5% | 328 / 2,620 | |
| 2×2 | 3.58 | 4.84 | top 21.2% | 1,418 / 7,173 | |
| 4×4 | 51.23 | 55.04 | top 26.2% | 669 / 3,118 | |
| Square-1 | 22.50 | 25.43 | top 33.5% | 291 / 952 | |
| Skewb | 7.15 | 8.91 | top 34.8% | 862 / 2,907 | |
| 5×5 | 1:52.44 | 1:59.69 | top 44.3% | 562 / 1,499 | |
| 6×6 | 3:32.23 | 3:45.16 | early days — 3 solves | 307 / 665 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 5:45.09 | — | early days — 3 solves | 298 / 351 | |
| 7×7 | 8:50.09 | — | early days — 1 solve | 464 / 503 |
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
- 7 Jan 2017Five personal bests in one day at Too Much Cubing 2017.
- 30 Jan 2016Seven personal bests in one day at Edmonton Open Winter 2016.
- 29 Aug 2015First sub-15 3×3: 13.94 at Edmonton Open Summer 2015.
- 29 Aug 2015Six personal bests in one day at Edmonton Open Summer 2015.
- 10 Jan 2015First competition: Edmonton Open Winter 2015. A 17.53 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing Under the Stars 2018 · 20 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Too Much Cubing 2017 · 7 Jan 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Calgary Open Spring 2016 · 28 May 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Edmonton Open Winter 2016 · 30 Jan 2016 — 7 personal bests set
- Edmonton Open Summer 2015 · 29 Aug 2015 — 6 personal bests set
- Edmonton Open Winter 2015 · 10 Jan 2015
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.
- Paris Dorn — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Alex Mutch — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Mark Nie — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 Clock single — 1,421 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.