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Tim Alderson

3×3 · top 31.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2011 · 2011ALDE01

Tim Alderson has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.18, set at Hillsdale Winter 2012, puts him in the top 31.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,442nd in the United States. Across 3 competitions since December 2011, he has put 52 official solves on the record across five events. Tim has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 31.6% of 284,439 all-time
17.18
signature single · Hillsdale Winter 2012
52
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×317.1820.85
top 31.6%17,442 / 59,724
2×24.556.42
top 33.6%13,363 / 40,951
4×41:07.631:28.93
top 44.5%7,378 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed50.211:09.64
top 76.9%11,232 / 15,683
Megaminx3:54.55
early days — 2 solves7,165 / 7,841

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

Ohio Fall 2011: 17.84Hillsdale Winter 2012: 17.18Holy Toledo Winter 2014: 18.3317.1818.3310 Dec 20118 Mar 2014

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.18 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.