People · United States
Thomas Thanhtran
3×3 · top 0.37% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016THAN01
Thomas Thanhtran has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.80, set at Brazos Cubing Fall 2024, puts him in the top 0.37% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 248th in the United States. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since January 2016, he has put 419 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.43 in January 2016 to 5.80, a 49% improvement. Thomas has entered twelve 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 States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 5.80 | 7.82 | top 0.37% | 248 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 30.58 | 33.71 | top 3.2% | 514 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.34 | 17.38 | top 5.0% | 700 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 2.16 | 3.34 | top 5.9% | 2,357 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 1:19.31 | 1:30.44 | top 18.6% | 1,441 / 9,401 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.36 | 8.50 | top 22.7% | 6,119 / 28,708 |
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
- 20 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at Brazos Cubing Fall 2024.
- 6 Jan 2024Five personal bests in one day at Space City Winter 2024.
- 23 Jul 2016First sub-10 3×3: 7.31 at Westlake Open 2016.
- 2 Jan 2016First competition: South East Texas Open 2016. A 12.02 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026 · 5 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Space City Fall TX 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Against Cancer Houston 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Space City Winter TX 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Brazos Cubing Fall 2024 · 20 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Humble Cube Rumble Summer 2024 · 30 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Turning at Tompkins Spring 2024 · 21 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Texas 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Space City Winter 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Southern Championships 2017 · 15 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Westlake Open 2016 · 23 Jul 2016 — 1 personal best set
- South East Texas Open 2016 · 2 Jan 2016 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Derek Herrera — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Matt Lee — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 40 times
- Nathan Nguyen — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
Targets move as he improves.