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Thaddeus Krueger

3×3 · top 16.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016KRUE02

Thaddeus Krueger has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.83, set at CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023, puts him in the top 16.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,018th in the United States. Across 16 competitions since January 2016, he has put 295 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.21 in January 2016 to 12.83, a 65% improvement. Thaddeus has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 16.8% of 284,439 all-time
12.83
signature single · CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023
295
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.8315.28
top 16.8%9,018 / 59,724
Pyraminx7.5511.26
top 32.5%9,104 / 28,708
2×25.338.94
top 43.4%17,479 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed28.7533.28
top 43.8%5,905 / 15,683
4×41:23.271:35.35
top 58.5%10,123 / 19,072
Skewb13.0423.87
top 70.8%13,337 / 18,907
5×56:55.37
early days — 2 solves9,380 / 9,401

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

Sharon Winter 2016: 36.21MIT Spring 2016: 38.11Quabbin Open 2016: 26.15Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2016: 23.85UMass ODS Fall 2016: 28.65Quabbin Spring 2017: 24.13Battle of Waterloo 2017: 24.94TJHSST Fall 2017: 18.29Rocky Top 2017: 18.67Wildcat Holiday 2017: 17.92Oakville Limited Winter 2018: 17.80Flag City Spring 2018: 13.16Return to Toronto 2019: 16.19Cubing For Kyle 2019: 13.78CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023: 12.8312.8338.1130 Jan 201620 Oct 2023

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.