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Taylor Hamling

3×3 · top 19.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2010 · 2010HAML01

Taylor Hamling has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.59, set at Wellington Autumn 2014, puts him in the top 19.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 406th in New Zealand. Across 6 competitions since July 2010, he has put 90 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.90 in July 2010 to 13.59, a 15% improvement. Taylor has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 19.5% of 284,439 all-time
13.59
signature single · Wellington Autumn 2014
90
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
3×313.5915.23
top 19.5%406 / 2,095
2×25.787.74
top 48.5%824 / 1,615
4×41:16.091:24.51
top 52.6%353 / 722
5×53:16.713:37.26
top 83.2%292 / 355

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

New Zealand Championships 2010: 15.90Wellington Autumn 2014: 13.59Palmerston North 2016: 14.12NxNZ 2019: 14.42Wellington Mind Games 2021: 13.80Nimble Napier 2021: 14.3013.5915.9010 Jul 201019 Jun 2021

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.

  • Aneurin Hunt — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
  • Alex Asbery — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Tom Nelson — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 4 times

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.59 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.78 away.

Targets move as he improves.