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Taj Thorne

3×3 · top 21.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023THOR17

Taj Thorne has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.17, set at Sydney Spring Sunday 2024, puts him in the top 21.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,934th in Australia. Across 3 competitions since December 2023, he has put 70 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.04 in December 2023 to 14.17, a 17% improvement. Taj has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 21.6% of 284,439 all-time
14.17
signature single · Sydney Spring Sunday 2024
70
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×314.1718.01
top 21.6%1,934 / 11,709
4×41:02.641:14.73
top 39.3%1,047 / 3,051
2×25.987.77
top 50.7%4,026 / 8,567
Skewb11.5321.31
top 63.7%2,125 / 3,534
Pyraminx11.5013.89
top 64.0%3,824 / 5,993
5×52:31.34
top 66.4%929 / 1,356

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

Sydney Summer 2023: 17.04Sydney Spring Sunday 2024: 14.17NSW State Championship 2025: 19.3114.1719.3116 Dec 202326 Apr 2025

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.

  • Nathan Adams — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Thomas Liao — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Sora Sato — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.17 away.
  • A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 30,601 people have one; it is 2.64 away.

Targets move as he improves.