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Tim Mercer

3×3 · top 16.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2011 · 2011MERC01

Tim Mercer has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.75, set at Nottingham Summer 2014, puts him in the top 16.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,115th in the United Kingdom. Across 5 competitions since November 2011, he has put 160 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.97 in November 2011 to 12.75, a 42% improvement. Tim has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 16.6% of 284,439 all-time
12.75
signature single · Nottingham Summer 2014
160
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×312.7515.15
top 16.6%1,115 / 6,689
4×41:01.461:07.30
top 38.0%828 / 2,071
2×25.927.47
top 50.1%2,602 / 4,895
3×3 one-handed34.1638.33
top 55.7%976 / 1,851
Square-134.9049.22
top 58.2%496 / 778
Pyraminx11.2115.76
top 62.0%2,466 / 3,656
3×3 Fewest Moves46 moves
top 68.6%268 / 372
5×52:43.58
top 72.0%898 / 1,151
3×3 blindfolded4:47.19
early days — 3 solves271 / 311
6×66:01.27
early days — 1 solve516 / 548
Megaminx5:12.50
early days — 2 solves957 / 966

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

UK Open 2011: 21.97UK Open 2012: 19.58Leicester Open 2013: 17.84Nottingham Open 2014: 14.85Nottingham Summer 2014: 12.7512.7521.9712 Nov 201114 Jun 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.

  • Ben Whitmore — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Chris Wall — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
  • Robert Yau — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead twice

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
  • A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 30,601 people have one; it is 1.46 away.

Targets move as he improves.