People · United States
Thomas Malone
3×3 · top 47.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022MALO06
Thomas Malone has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.68, set at PBs in Palisades 2023, puts him in the top 47.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 27,325th in the United States. Across 9 competitions since September 2022, he has put 164 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.16 in September 2022 to 22.68, a 27% 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 | 22.68 | 28.25 | top 47.2% | 27,325 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 10.39 | 17.05 | top 57.4% | 10,460 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.22 | 16.63 | top 68.6% | 20,283 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 8.42 | 11.02 | top 70.3% | 29,071 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:56.83 | — | top 80.2% | 14,884 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 3:11.16 | — | early days — 3 solves | 7,453 / 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
- 15 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at PBs in Palisades 2023.
- 21 Jan 2023Four personal bests in one day at Pioneer Valley Cubing A 2023.
- 3 Dec 2022First sub-30 3×3: 25.68 at New York Yopen 2022.
- 3 Dec 2022Three personal bests in one day at New York Yopen 2022.
- 10 Sep 2022First competition: Amherst Open 2022. A 31.16 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Great Peconic Bay Spring 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- North Jersey Speedsolving B 2023 · 21 May 2023
- GCU Spring 2023 · 6 May 2023
- PBs in Palisades 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Northampton Winter A 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Pioneer Valley Cubing A 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- West Chester Fall 2022 · 10 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- New York Yopen 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Amherst Open 2022 · 10 Sep 2022
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.
- Evan Liu — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jay Pharma — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zuhair Raiyan Khan — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.68 away.
- A sub-10 Skewb single — 40,263 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.