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Tam Quan

3×3 blindfolded · top 0.42% of 12,178 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016QUAN03

Tam Quan has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 16.13, set at February Fitzroy Fun 2023, puts him in the top 0.42% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Australia. Until August 2019, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 77 competitions since April 2016, he has put 2,998 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.43 in April 2016 to 6.84, a 67% improvement. Tam has entered 77 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 0.42% of 12,178 all-time
16.13
signature single · February Fitzroy Fun 2023
2,998
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×3 blindfolded16.1319.06
top 0.42%3 / 394
3×36.849.02
top 1.2%127 / 11,709
Megaminx38.1543.71
top 1.2%18 / 1,277
3×3 one-handed11.5413.94
top 2.4%57 / 2,659
Square-17.6614.22
top 2.6%31 / 899
2×21.683.00
top 3.0%240 / 8,567
3×3 Multi-Blind24 of 25 cubes · 54:44—
top 3.1%6 / 180
3×3 Fewest Moves25 moves31.33
top 5.1%26 / 468
Pyraminx3.626.73
top 6.0%265 / 5,993
4×435.1242.41
top 6.8%179 / 3,051
5×51:04.831:22.51
top 8.3%112 / 1,356
4×4 blindfolded3:04.93—
top 8.4%10 / 96
Skewb4.047.06
top 11.2%286 / 3,534
Clock12.2917.76
top 36.3%380 / 1,095
6×63:18.404:13.42
top 49.7%304 / 641
7×76:20.42—
early days — 2 solves346 / 523

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

Melbourne Autumn 2016: 20.43Connor's Cube Day 2016: 17.28Cube for Cambodia 2016: 16.86POPS Open 2016: 15.36Cubing Classic 2017: 15.34Cube for Cambodia 2017: 11.37Australian Nationals 2017: 11.64Melbourne Cube Days 2017: 12.11ASFA Speedcubing 2018: 9.49Cube for Cambodia 2018: 9.50Melbourne Winter 2018: 10.09St Kevin's College Spring 2018: 11.08Melbourne Cube Days 2018: 11.01Melbourne Summer 2019: 10.33Cube for Cambodia 2019: 10.48Koalafication Melbourne 2019: 7.95WCA World Championship 2019: 9.59Altona Algorithms 2019: 9.79Melbourne Cube Days 2019: 9.37Melbourne Summer 2021: 9.24Altona Algorithms Attempt 2 2021: 9.00December Series: Geelong says So-Long 2021: 8.73Melbourne Summer 2022: 9.16Solving in Sale 2022: 8.87Wonderful Williamstown 2022: 8.71Brisbane's 20 in 21 in 2022: 10.48Melbourne Cube Days 2022: 10.49Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 9.18Melbourne Summer 2023: 9.16Brilliant Ballarat 2023: 8.04Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023: 9.14Solving in Sale 2023: 10.41St Oliver's Speedy Sunday 2023: 9.85Victorian Open 2023: 9.74Geelong Winter 2023: 10.58Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 9.13Cranbourne Spring Saturday 2023: 8.89Cubing with Penguins by Phillip Island 2023: 10.59Australian Nationals 2023: 10.30The Big Cube Melbourne 2023: 8.95Melbourne Cube Days 2023: 9.12Melbourne Summer 2024: 8.90Don't Inverloch Up 2024: 8.69Altona Algorithms 2024: 9.40Solving In Sale 2024: 8.87Spark Melbourne Spring Saturday 2024: 8.00Melbourne Cube Days 2024: 7.45Melbourne Summer 2025: 8.71Spark Melbourne February 2025: 9.88Solving in Sale 2025: 8.20VIC State Championship 2025: 9.39Spark Melbourne July 2025: 8.10Puzzling Pakenham Sunday 2025: 6.84The Big Cube Melbourne 2025: 8.27Nimble Newborough 2025: 7.91Melbourne Cube Days 2025: 8.10North-East Melbourne March Sunday 2026: 9.75West Melbourne Open 2026: 7.69Solving in Sale 2026: 7.72Spark Melbourne Autumn Saturday 2026: 7.74Australian Nationals 2026: 8.326.8420.4330 Apr 20169 Jul 2026

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-15 3×3 blindfolded single — 19 people have one; it is 1.13 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.