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Tamara Macadam

2×2 · top 6.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2010 · 2010MACA01

Tamara Macadam has been competing for 17 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.26, set at Harold Park Classic 2019, puts her in the top 6.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 508th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 32 competitions since January 2010, she has put 781 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 28.68 in January 2010 to 11.37, a 60% improvement. Tamara has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 6.7% of 186,767 all-time
2.26
signature single · Harold Park Classic 2019
781
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
2×22.264.35
top 6.7%508 / 8,567
Clock6.097.55
top 7.5%100 / 1,095
3×311.3713.73
top 11.7%1,031 / 11,709
Pyraminx5.5410.24
top 16.7%812 / 5,993
4×41:01.381:05.11
top 38.0%1,009 / 3,051
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves48.67
top 40.9%191 / 468
3×3 blindfolded2:25.752:50.24
top 41.9%179 / 394
Skewb8.5810.56
top 45.6%1,422 / 3,534
7×74:52.265:11.18
top 48.4%236 / 523
Megaminx2:05.42—
top 48.8%593 / 1,277
5×51:59.402:16.30
top 48.9%657 / 1,356
Square-134.6055.00
top 57.7%560 / 899
3×3 one-handed40.8546.54
top 66.5%1,578 / 2,659
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 15:32—
early days — 1 solve122 / 180
6×64:55.505:13.02
top 80.7%518 / 641
4×4 blindfolded27:55.00—
early days — 1 solve93 / 96

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 Summer Open 2010: 28.68Sydney Autumn 2012: 23.03Northpark Adelaide 2014: 16.22Australian Nationals 2014: 15.58Sydney Spring 2014: 15.65Sydney Autumn 2015: 14.58Canberra Autumn 2015: 17.80Newcastle Winter 2015: 13.03Sydney Winter 2015: 14.61Sydney Summer 2015: 13.77Sydney Autumn 2016: 13.47Canberra Autumn 2016: 15.95Australian Nationals 2016: 15.23Canberra Spring 2016: 15.56Sydney Winter 2017: 15.80Canberra Spring 2017: 14.10Canberra Autumn 2018: 15.02Warm Up Sydney 2018: 13.28Australian Nationals 2018: 12.81Odd Day in Sydney 2018: 17.05Cool Down Sydney 2019: 13.97Koalafication Sydney 2019: 12.81Warm Up Sydney 2019: 13.90WCA World Championship 2019: 11.37Harold Park Classic 2019: 11.55Fortitude Sydney 2019: 14.30Odd Day in Sydney 2019: 11.49Sydney Open 2019: 12.30Enjoyable Sydney Gathering 2020: 13.30Sydney Re-Open Sunday 2021: 13.17Marrickville Autumn Saturday 2021: 14.51Tramsheds Series Sunday 2022: 14.5411.3728.6830 Jan 201013 Feb 2022

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 her.

  • Caleb Clark — met in 147 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
  • Edbert Sim — met in 129 rounds, finished ahead 42 times
  • Jayden McNeill — met in 126 rounds, finished ahead 6 times

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
  • A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 0.09 away.

Targets move as she improves.