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Tim Major

2×2 · top 1.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2010 · 2010MAJO01

Tim Major has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.22, set at Australian Nationals 2012, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 114th in Australia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 39 competitions since January 2010, he has put 2,002 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.63 in January 2010 to 9.32, a 59% improvement. Tim has entered 39 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.1% of 186,767 all-time
1.22
signature single · Australian Nationals 2012
2,002
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×21.223.16
top 1.1%114 / 8,567
Pyraminx2.283.74
top 1.7%84 / 5,993
Skewb2.654.57
top 3.5%117 / 3,534
3×39.3212.23
top 5.6%514 / 11,709
3×3 Fewest Moves28 moves35.00
top 9.9%44 / 468
3×3 one-handed16.9620.18
top 12.5%286 / 2,659
4×447.4055.60
top 21.3%532 / 3,051
5×51:29.251:38.36
top 26.6%361 / 1,356
3×3 blindfolded1:46.38—
top 28.8%134 / 394
Megaminx1:41.461:58.02
top 35.5%444 / 1,277
Square-124.6331.35
top 38.4%372 / 899
Clock13.3015.27
top 40.9%424 / 1,095
6×65:08.595:17.88
early days — 3 solves535 / 641
7×78:06.75—
early days — 1 solve448 / 523

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

Melbourne Summer Open 2010: 22.63Melbourne Winter Open 2010: 15.75Australian Nationals 2010: 13.68Melbourne Cube Day 2010: 13.19Melbourne Summer Open 2011: 12.27Perth Summer Open 2011: 13.31Kubaroo Open 2011: 13.27Melbourne Winter Open 2011: 13.15Australian Nationals 2011: 12.40World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011: 12.50Harvard Fall 2011: 12.91Melbourne Cube Day 2011: 11.46Melbourne Summer 2012: 12.03Melbourne Winter 2012: 10.65Australian Nationals 2012: 12.31Melbourne Cube Day 2012: 11.27Cupcake Cubing 2013: 14.97Shepparton Winter 2013: 12.38Australian Nationals 2013: 9.80Melbourne Spring 2013: 14.06Melbourne Cube Day 2013: 11.18Lifestyle Seasons Summer 2014: 11.58Canberra Summer 2014: 10.22Melbourne Summer 2014: 11.50Shepparton Autumn 2014: 12.16Northpark Adelaide 2014: 10.66Melbourne Winter 2014: 11.83Lifestyle Seasons Winter 2014: 11.55Australian Nationals 2014: 10.06Niddrie 2014: 11.50Lifestyle Seasons Summer 2015: 10.71Canberra Autumn 2015: 9.90Cube for Cambodia 2015: 11.71Australian Nationals 2015: 10.90POPS Open 2016: 11.57Cubing Classic 2017: 9.32WCA World Championship 2019: 11.58Altona Algorithms 2019: 12.17Altona Algorithms Attempt 2 2021: 14.269.3222.6330 Jan 201017 Apr 2021

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.