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Thaddeus Vacca
3×3 · top 2.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022VACC03
Thaddeus Vacca has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.52, set at T-Town Showdown 2023, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,223rd in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since October 2022, he has put 141 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.19 in October 2022 to 7.52, an 18% improvement. Thaddeus has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.52 | 9.42 | top 2.0% | 1,223 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.57 | 8.36 | top 16.9% | 4,570 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 49.44 | 55.54 | top 24.1% | 3,727 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.66 | 31.93 | top 25.1% | 3,281 / 15,900 | |
| 2×2 | 5.28 | 5.66 | top 42.8% | 17,526 / 41,674 | |
| Megaminx | 2:10.33 | 2:25.64 | top 51.5% | 3,936 / 8,026 | |
| 6×6 | 5:33.03 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,648 / 4,262 |
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
- 7 Oct 2023Four personal bests in one day at T-Town Showdown 2023.
- 29 Oct 2022First competition: Cowbell Cubing 2022. A 11.51 3×3 single to start from.
- 29 Oct 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.19 at Cowbell Cubing 2022.
- 29 Oct 2022Three personal bests in one day at Cowbell Cubing 2022.
Competitions
- Minxing in Memphis 2025 · 8 Feb 2025
- Vanderbilt Spring 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- T-Town Showdown 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Starkvegas Southern Side Event Special Spring 2023 · 29 Apr 2023
- Cowbell Cubing 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
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.
- Roman Wofford — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Jared Stinson — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Alex Bohac — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.52 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,242 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
Targets move as he improves.