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Thomas Avery
Pyraminx · top 7.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2016 · 2016AVER01
Thomas Avery has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.87, set at Rocky Top 2023, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,788th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since March 2016, he has put 413 official solves on the record across ten 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 14.25 in March 2016 to 11.36, a 20% improvement. Thomas has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.87 | 5.75 | top 7.0% | 1,788 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 11.36 | 13.14 | top 11.6% | 6,270 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.08 | 4.43 | top 15.2% | 5,943 / 40,951 | |
| Megaminx | 1:13.15 | 1:19.99 | top 17.5% | 1,190 / 7,841 | |
| 4×4 | 48.12 | 51.79 | top 22.3% | 3,378 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.27 | 26.91 | top 29.5% | 3,819 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 22.39 | 26.78 | top 33.3% | 2,162 / 6,743 | |
| 5×5 | 1:54.14 | 2:07.95 | top 45.4% | 3,747 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 40 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,031 / 2,040 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:30.99 | 4:10.48 | top 61.2% | 1,279 / 2,092 |
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
- 2 Dec 2023Five personal bests in one day at Rocky Top 2023.
- 4 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at North Carolina Championship 2023.
- 4 Jan 2020Three personal bests in one day at Charlotte Winter 2020.
- 22 Jun 2019Three personal bests in one day at Cape Fear Cubing 2019.
- 3 Mar 2018Three personal bests in one day at Fruit Salad 2018.
- 19 Mar 2016First competition: Athens Spring 2016. A 14.25 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rocky Top 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- North Carolina Championship 2023 · 4 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Staunton Speedsolving 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Concord Summer 2023 · 25 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Southeast FMC Championship 2022 · 24 Jul 2022
- Charlotte Winter 2020 · 4 Jan 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Cape Fear Cubing 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Carolina Cubers United 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Fruit Salad 2018 · 3 Mar 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Wolfpack Winter 2018 · 21 Jan 2018
- Crossroads Cubing 2017 · 21 Jan 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- ODU Big Blue Winter 2016 · 3 Dec 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Discovery Place 2016 · 13 Aug 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Athens Spring 2016 · 19 Mar 2016
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.
- Jacob Ambrose — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Katie Hull — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead once
- Zachary Ochs — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.36 away.
Targets move as he improves.