People · France
Thomas Duvernay
3×3 · top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2010 · 2010DUVE01
Thomas Duvernay has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.16, set at WCA World Championship 2019, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 185th in France. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since September 2010, he has put 206 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.41 in September 2010 to 8.16, a 76% improvement. Thomas has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | France | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.16 | 12.40 | top 3.1% | 185 / 4,746 | |
| 4×4 | 38.26 | 47.43 | top 10.1% | 197 / 1,817 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.77 | 12.87 | top 26.0% | 617 / 2,148 | |
| 5×5 | 1:43.26 | 1:50.53 | top 37.8% | 356 / 1,024 | |
| 2×2 | 5.06 | 7.11 | top 40.1% | 1,283 / 3,074 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 57.06 | 1:05.16 | top 82.1% | 1,158 / 1,490 | |
| Megaminx | 3:49.09 | — | early days — 2 solves | 698 / 867 |
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
- 21 Apr 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.48 at Canberra Autumn 2018.
- 4 Nov 2017Three personal bests in one day at Canberra Spring 2017.
- 31 Aug 2012First sub-15 3×3: 14.50 at Galeries Lafayette Open 2012.
- 31 Aug 2012Five personal bests in one day at Galeries Lafayette Open 2012.
- 16 Sep 2011First sub-30 3×3: 16.34 at Galeries Lafayette Open 2011.
- 16 Sep 2011First sub-20 3×3: 16.34 at Galeries Lafayette Open 2011.
Competitions
- WCA World Championship 2019 · 11 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Koalafication Canberra 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2018 · 6 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Warm Up Sydney 2018 · 19 Aug 2018
- Canberra Autumn 2018 · 21 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Canberra Spring 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017 · 13 Jul 2017
- Wiler Würfelfest 2017 · 1 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Galeries Lafayette Open 2012 · 31 Aug 2012 — 5 personal bests set
- Galeries Lafayette Open 2011 · 16 Sep 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Galeries Lafayette Open 2010 · 3 Sep 2010
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.
- Jayden McNeill — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- Feliks Zemdegs — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Edbert Sim — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 8.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.