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Thomas Bischof

3×3 · top 30.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2004 · 2004BISC01

Thomas Bischof has been competing for 22 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.82, set at Caltech Spring competition 2005, puts him in the top 30.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16,759th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since December 2004, he has put 37 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.60 in December 2004 to 16.82, a 29% improvement. Thomas has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 30.4% of 284,439 all-time
16.82
signature single · Caltech Spring competition 2005
37
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×316.8222.65
top 30.4%16,759 / 59,724
4×42:01.052:22.50
top 82.1%15,316 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed1:02.59
top 85.4%12,847 / 15,683
5×55:59.66
early days — 1 solve9,331 / 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

Kennedy Middle School Fall competition 2004: 23.60Caltech Winter competition 2005: 21.69Caltech Spring competition 2005: 16.8216.8223.6011 Dec 200416 Apr 2005

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.82 away.
  • A sub-2:00 4×4 single — 68,574 people have one; it is 1.05 away.

Targets move as he improves.