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Thomas Figura

3×3 · top 32.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017FIGU05

Thomas Figura has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.56, set at Penn Cube Day Fall 2018, puts him in the top 32.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18,153rd in the United States. Across 6 competitions since June 2017, he has put 53 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.95 in October 2017 to 17.56, a 52% improvement. Thomas has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 32.7% of 284,439 all-time
17.56
signature single · Penn Cube Day Fall 2018
53
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×317.5622.39
top 32.7%18,153 / 59,724
3×3 blindfolded2:26.83
early days — 2 solves896 / 2,092
2×26.948.54
top 59.9%24,595 / 40,951
Skewb11.3020.33
top 62.4%11,554 / 18,907
Pyraminx11.4514.55
top 63.6%18,777 / 28,708
4×41:41.64
top 71.7%12,915 / 19,072
Square-11:14.06
early days — 1 solve6,140 / 6,743
3×3 one-handed1:18.69
early days — 2 solves14,163 / 15,683

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

UPenn Cube Day Fall 2017: 36.95Slow N Steady Winter 2018: 27.28Lower Moreland Spring 2018: 20.67Princeton Fall 2018: 19.73Penn Cube Day Fall 2018: 17.5617.5636.9522 Oct 20178 Dec 2018

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 2.56 away.
  • A sub-2:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 4,077 people have one; it is 26.83 away.

Targets move as he improves.