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Thorne Hamer

2×2 · top 16.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014HAME02

Thorne Hamer has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.22, set at Arnold Classic Africa 2018, puts him in the top 16.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 171st in South Africa. Across 4 competitions since November 2014, he has put 85 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 11.46 in November 2014 to 3.22, a 72% improvement. Thorne has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 16.8% of 186,767 all-time
3.22
signature single · Arnold Classic Africa 2018
85
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
2×23.225.47
top 16.8%171 / 1,510
3×316.4021.56
top 29.1%370 / 2,164
Pyraminx10.7215.84
top 58.5%477 / 946

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

Johannesburg 2014: 11.46Johannesburg Open 2015: 5.78Johannesburg Open 2016: 5.19Arnold Classic Africa 2018: 3.223.2211.4623 Nov 201418 May 2018

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.40 away.

Targets move as he improves.