People · United States
Taitum Tanouye
3×3 · top 2.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022TANO02
Taitum Tanouye has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.60, set at Ho'oholo in Honolulu 2023, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,272nd in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since September 2022, he has put 437 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.95 in September 2022 to 7.60, a 31% improvement. Taitum has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.60 | 9.47 | top 2.1% | 1,272 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.05 | 5.16 | top 3.8% | 1,013 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 2.06 | 2.82 | top 5.2% | 2,056 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.20 | 17.18 | top 8.5% | 1,137 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 3.74 | 5.93 | top 9.2% | 1,412 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 38.27 | 40.26 | top 10.1% | 1,503 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 12.47 | 15.56 | top 10.8% | 756 / 6,743 | |
| Megaminx | 1:10.54 | 1:15.13 | top 15.9% | 1,090 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 1:20.21 | 1:27.16 | top 19.3% | 1,511 / 9,401 | |
| Clock | 8.98 | 10.85 | top 19.9% | 1,522 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 33 moves | 38.00 | top 23.4% | 507 / 2,040 | |
| 6×6 | 2:47.38 | 2:52.22 | early days — 3 solves | 1,250 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 4:31.03 | 4:53.77 | early days — 3 solves | 1,178 / 3,184 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 5:59.72 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,792 / 2,092 |
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
- 28 Jan 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.79 at Oʻahu ʻOhana Cubing 2023.
- 28 Jan 2023Seven personal bests in one day at Oʻahu ʻOhana Cubing 2023.
- 24 Sep 2022First competition: Hono Luau Cube Off 2022. A 10.99 3×3 single to start from.
- 24 Sep 2022Four personal bests in one day at Hono Luau Cube Off 2022.
Competitions
- Honolulu Hāʻulelau 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Kailua Liʻi Pōʻakahi 2024 · 12 Aug 2024
- Haʻihaʻi Noʻonoʻo ʻo Honolulu 2024 · 12 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hawaiʻi Big Island Winter 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Honolulu Nui a Makapō 2024 · 28 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Honolulu Liʻiliʻi a ʻIke Maka 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Honolulu Please Be Mālie 2023 · 24 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Ho'oholo in Honolulu 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Honolulu H-Perm Hōʻike 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Oʻahu ʻOhana Cubing 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- Hono Luau Cube Off 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 4 personal bests set
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.
- Travis Dumaran — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 36 times
- Chris Martin — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 56 times
- Anthony Carrillo — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 55 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.60 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.