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Thapapol Dantrakul (ฐปพล ด่านตระกูล)

3×3 · top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2009 · 2009DANT01

Thapapol Dantrakul (ฐปพล ด่านตระกูล) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.88, set at Thailand Open 2011, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 127th in Thailand. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since January 2009, he has put 146 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.43 in January 2009 to 8.88, a 64% improvement. Thapapol has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time
8.88
signature single · Thailand Open 2011
146
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingThailand
3×38.8811.15
top 4.6%127 / 1,898
2×23.024.44
top 14.5%178 / 949
3×3 one-handed18.8621.67
top 17.4%117 / 456
4×41:16.311:33.97
top 52.8%261 / 412
3×3 Fewest Moves42 moves
early days — 1 solve40 / 68

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

NSM Thailand Rubik's Cube contest 2009: 24.43Thailand Open 2009: 15.19Bangkok Open 2010: 12.97Thailand Open 2010: 11.68Asian Championship 2010: 10.86TCA Championship 2011: 9.83Thailand Open 2011: 8.888.8824.438 Jan 200930 Apr 2011

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.