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Thomas Duncan
Pyraminx · top 11.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2012 · 2012DUNC01
Thomas Duncan has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.71, set at UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2014, puts him in the top 11.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 450th in the United Kingdom. Across 13 competitions since April 2012, he has put 302 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 44.30 in April 2012 to 15.66, a 65% improvement. Thomas has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.71 | 12.02 | top 11.5% | 450 / 3,656 | |
| 3×3 | 15.66 | 21.58 | top 26.7% | 1,762 / 6,689 | |
| 4×4 | 1:05.10 | 1:12.37 | top 41.9% | 907 / 2,071 | |
| 2×2 | 5.93 | 8.29 | top 50.2% | 2,609 / 4,895 | |
| 5×5 | 2:02.72 | 2:16.16 | top 50.9% | 632 / 1,151 | |
| Megaminx | 2:34.86 | — | top 63.5% | 726 / 966 | |
| Skewb | 14.45 | 23.27 | top 76.4% | 1,864 / 2,421 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 50.30 | 1:03.14 | top 77.0% | 1,397 / 1,851 | |
| 7×7 | 8:06.17 | — | early days — 3 solves | 426 / 459 | |
| 6×6 | 5:53.86 | — | early days — 2 solves | 513 / 548 |
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
- 1 Nov 2014Five personal bests in one day at UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2014.
- 11 Oct 2014Six personal bests in one day at Cuthberts Open 2014.
- 5 Oct 2013Three personal bests in one day at Cuthberts Open 2013.
- 15 Jun 2013First sub-20 3×3: 19.38 at Cambridge Open 2013.
- 15 Jun 2013Four personal bests in one day at Cambridge Open 2013.
- 23 Feb 2013Five personal bests in one day at Leicester Open 2013.
Competitions
- Harrow Spring 2015 · 28 Feb 2015
- UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2014 · 1 Nov 2014 — 5 personal bests set
- Cuthberts Open 2014 · 11 Oct 2014 — 6 personal bests set
- Welwyn Garden City Open 2014 · 5 Apr 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2013 · 16 Nov 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Cuthberts Open 2013 · 5 Oct 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Cambridge Open 2013 · 15 Jun 2013 — 4 personal bests set
- Nottingham Open 2013 · 4 May 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Leicester Open 2013 · 23 Feb 2013 — 5 personal bests set
- Edinburgh Open 2013 · 26 Jan 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- UK Open 2012 · 3 Nov 2012 — 4 personal bests set
- Weston-super-Mare 2012 · 14 Jul 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Rapid Dash Open 2012 · 14 Apr 2012
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.
- Daniel Sheppard — met in 94 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chris Wall — met in 93 rounds, never finished ahead
- Callum Hales-Jepp — met in 89 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
Targets move as he improves.