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Tessa Cookmeyer
Megaminx · top 1.8% of 34,786 all-time · competing since August 2010 · 2010COOK01
Tessa Cookmeyer has been competing for 16 years. Her best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 40.75, set at CubingUSA Western Championship 2018, puts her in the top 1.8% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 129th in the United States. Until August 2014, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since August 2010, she has put 1,437 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 13.41 in August 2010 to 9.21, a 31% improvement. Tessa has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megaminx | 40.75 | 49.28 | top 1.8% | 129 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 | 9.21 | 12.05 | top 5.4% | 2,997 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.43 | 3.72 | top 8.2% | 3,242 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.49 | 7.09 | top 10.2% | 2,647 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 29 moves | 39.00 | top 12.2% | 280 / 2,040 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.09 | 19.71 | top 12.8% | 1,657 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 41.02 | 43.60 | top 13.3% | 1,976 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 4.83 | 6.84 | top 16.9% | 2,677 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:29.81 | 2:23.60 | top 23.0% | 470 / 2,092 | |
| 5×5 | 1:25.55 | 1:33.60 | top 23.8% | 1,843 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 9 of 10 cubes · 52:42 | — | top 23.9% | 176 / 731 | |
| Square-1 | 18.41 | 20.59 | top 24.4% | 1,609 / 6,743 | |
| Clock | 10.98 | 13.51 | top 30.0% | 2,344 / 8,927 | |
| 6×6 | 2:40.18 | 3:06.59 | top 30.8% | 1,087 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 4:38.16 | 4:47.32 | top 43.8% | 1,269 / 3,184 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 8:33.96 | — | top 48.3% | 193 / 440 | |
| 5×5 blindfolded | 20:50.00 | — | early days — 3 solves | 145 / 218 |
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
- 10 Nov 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.21 at Berkeley Fall 2019.
- 1 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Nationals 2019.
- 15 Sep 2018Three personal bests in one day at Berkeley Summer 2018.
- 27 Jul 2018Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Nationals 2018.
- 15 Jun 2018Six personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Western Championship 2018.
- 24 Feb 2018Three personal bests in one day at Berkeley Winter 2018.
Competitions
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 24 2020 · 15 Feb 2020
- Berkeley Fall 2019 · 10 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Summer 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 16 2019 · 11 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Spring 2019 · 21 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 14 2019 · 16 Feb 2019
- Berkeley Summer 2018 · 15 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2018 · 27 Jul 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2018 · 15 Jun 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Berkeley Spring 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Winter 2018 · 24 Feb 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley Fall 2017 · 18 Nov 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Berkeley Summer 2017 · 16 Sep 2017
- CubingUSA Nationals 2017 · 7 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2014 · 1 Aug 2014 — 6 personal bests set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013 · 26 Jul 2013 — 5 personal bests set
- Raleigh Open 2013 · 15 Jun 2013
- Princeton Spring 2013 · 30 Mar 2013 — 4 personal bests set
- United States National Championships 2012 · 3 Aug 2012 — 4 personal bests set
- Raleigh Open 2012 · 21 Jul 2012 — 1 personal best set
- River Hill Summer 2012 · 16 Jun 2012 — 1 personal best set
- MIT Spring 2012 · 18 Feb 2012 — 6 personal bests set
- MIT Fall 2011 · 17 Dec 2011 — 3 personal bests set
- United States National Championships 2011 · 12 Aug 2011 — 7 personal bests set
- River Hill Spring 2011 · 18 Jun 2011 — 6 personal bests set
- Washington DC Winter 2011 · 19 Feb 2011 — 4 personal bests set
- Virginia Open 2010 · 16 Oct 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010 · 6 Aug 2010
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.
- Tim Reynolds — met in 187 rounds, finished ahead 63 times
- Ryan Jew — met in 151 rounds, finished ahead 61 times
- Riley Woo — met in 139 rounds, finished ahead 37 times
Next targets
- A sub-40 Megaminx single — 557 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.21 away.
Targets move as she improves.