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Thomas Wong
3×3 · top 10.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2013 · 2013WONG03
Thomas Wong has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.95, set at Slow N Steady Spring 2016, puts him in the top 10.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,679th in the United States. Across 14 competitions since December 2013, he has put 351 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.36 in December 2013 to 10.95, a 63% improvement. Thomas has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 10.95 | 13.79 | top 10.4% | 5,679 / 60,666 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.72 | 25.85 | top 17.1% | 2,234 / 15,900 | |
| 2×2 | 3.32 | 4.87 | top 18.1% | 7,179 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 55.29 | 58.96 | top 31.2% | 4,981 / 19,354 | |
| Skewb | 7.67 | 14.24 | top 38.9% | 6,768 / 19,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.70 | 13.25 | top 50.7% | 14,958 / 29,168 | |
| 5×5 | 2:19.82 | 2:33.27 | top 61.1% | 5,318 / 9,537 | |
| Square-1 | 1:00.28 | — | early days — 3 solves | 5,701 / 6,846 | |
| Clock | 1:31.02 | — | early days — 2 solves | 9,187 / 9,172 |
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
- 2 May 2015First sub-15 3×3: 14.91 at MIT Spring 2015.
- 2 May 2015Three personal bests in one day at MIT Spring 2015.
- 1 Aug 2014First sub-20 3×3: 17.43 at US Nationals 2014.
- 1 Aug 2014Five personal bests in one day at US Nationals 2014.
- 14 Dec 2013First competition: Liberty Science Center Open 2013. A 29.36 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Incredible Pencil Mania 2018 · 10 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Lexington Summer 2016 · 25 Jun 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2016 · 18 Jun 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Big Apple Spring 2016 · 21 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Weston Spring 2016 · 2 Apr 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Big Apple Cube Clash 2016 · 27 Feb 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Melrose Winter 2016 · 20 Feb 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Sharon Winter 2016 · 30 Jan 2016 — 1 personal best set
- MIT Fall 2015 · 12 Dec 2015
- Northeastern Fall 2015 · 15 Nov 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- MIT Spring 2015 · 2 May 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2014 · 1 Aug 2014 — 5 personal bests set
- CCFC Winter 2014 · 1 Feb 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Liberty Science Center Open 2013 · 14 Dec 2013
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.
- Eric Zhao — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Tim Reynolds — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Sam Schultz — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 6,118 people have one; it is 3.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.