People · Australia
Taj Smales
3×3 · top 54.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2021 · 2021SMAL01
Taj Smales has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 25.98, set at Mundaring Mixup 2024, puts him in the top 54.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,819th in Australia. Across 5 competitions since November 2021, he has put 73 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 42.58 in November 2021 to 25.98, a 39% improvement. Taj has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 25.98 | 32.20 | top 54.7% | 5,819 / 11,709 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.49 | 17.38 | top 63.9% | 3,820 / 5,993 | |
| 2×2 | 8.19 | 12.17 | top 69.0% | 5,647 / 8,567 | |
| Skewb | 13.09 | 20.89 | top 71.0% | 2,409 / 3,534 | |
| 4×4 | 2:04.03 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,590 / 3,051 |
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
- 23 Jun 2024First sub-30 3×3: 25.98 at Mundaring Mixup 2024.
- 21 Nov 2021First competition: Puzzling Pinjarra 2021. A 42.58 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Mundaring Mixup 2024 · 23 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Australian Nationals 2022 · 30 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Albany Summer Solving 2022 · 5 Feb 2022
- Perth 10 Year Anniversary 2021 · 11 Dec 2021
- Puzzling Pinjarra 2021 · 21 Nov 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.
- Jonathan Charlesworth — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Amy Smith — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jaxon Foster — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
- A sub-10 Pyraminx single — 68,530 people have one; it is 1.49 away.
Targets move as he improves.