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Thomas Zhong

3×3 · top 10.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023ZHON04

Thomas Zhong has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.09, set at Saratoga Springs Newcomers 2024, puts him in the top 10.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,824th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since October 2023, he has put 76 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.68 in October 2023 to 11.09, a 24% improvement. Thomas has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 10.8% of 284,439 all-time
11.09
signature single · Saratoga Springs Newcomers 2024
76
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.0912.47
top 10.8%5,824 / 59,724
2×23.164.20
top 16.1%6,312 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed23.2127.18
top 29.3%3,797 / 15,683
4×457.491:10.74
top 33.7%5,388 / 19,072
5×52:57.273:31.97
top 77.2%6,945 / 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

Empire State Fall Favorites 2023: 14.68Saratoga Springs Newcomers 2024: 11.09Empire State Spring Special 2024: 11.2711.0914.6814 Oct 202327 Apr 2024

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.

  • Louis Truong — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
  • Evan Liu — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Evan Waters — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.09 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.