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Thomas James Heiss
3×3 · top 61.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023HEIS01
Thomas James Heiss has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 29.14, set at Vegas Cubing Fall 2023, puts him in the top 61.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 36,372nd in the United States. Across 9 competitions since June 2023, he has put 73 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 44.84 in June 2023 to 29.14, a 35% improvement. Thomas has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 29.14 | 36.07 | top 61.0% | 36,372 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 7.50 | 10.86 | top 64.3% | 26,491 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 4:15.90 | — | top 93.5% | 8,883 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 28 Oct 2023First sub-30 3×3: 29.14 at Vegas Cubing Fall 2023.
- 17 Jun 2023First competition: Vegas Speedcubing Summer 2023. A 44.84 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Vegas Cubing Cup Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025
- Agoura Cubing Returns 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Vegas Cubing Cup Spring 2024 · 25 May 2024
- USC Cubing 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Winter 2023 · 16 Dec 2023
- Beckman Gets Big 2023 · 10 Dec 2023
- Nub Open Mission Viejo 2023 · 3 Dec 2023
- Vegas Cubing Fall 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Vegas Speedcubing Summer 2023 · 17 Jun 2023
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.
- Shiloh D'Espyne — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead once
- Shane Grogan — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Dan Tran — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 4.14 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.50 away.
Targets move as he improves.