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Thomas Chapman

3×3 · top 21.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2016 · 2016CHAP02

Thomas Chapman has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.03, set at All Aboard 2017, puts him in the top 21.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,354th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since March 2016, he has put 124 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.43 in March 2016 to 14.03, a 52% improvement. Thomas has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 21.1% of 284,439 all-time
14.03
signature single · All Aboard 2017
124
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×314.0317.72
top 21.1%11,354 / 59,724
2×24.036.28
top 26.9%10,610 / 40,951
Skewb6.1610.13
top 27.0%4,395 / 18,907
Pyraminx9.6612.08
top 50.3%14,615 / 28,708
Square-137.7347.79
top 62.4%4,120 / 6,743
4×41:30.361:57.09
top 63.8%11,182 / 19,072
5×52:48.68
early days — 1 solve6,584 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed1:01.22
early days — 2 solves12,688 / 15,683
Megaminx3:45.474:00.28
top 87.2%7,000 / 7,841
Clock33.1535.74
top 88.0%7,837 / 8,927

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

Athens Spring 2016: 29.43Alpharetta Open 2016: 20.86Athens Summer Omega 2016: 18.08Discovery Place 2016: 16.27All Aboard 2017: 14.0314.0329.4319 Mar 201625 Feb 2017

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 2.03 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.03 away.

Targets move as he improves.