People · Australia
Tim Niewand
3×3 · top 62.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018NIEW04
Tim Niewand has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 29.97, set at Altona Algorithms 2019, puts him in the top 62.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,905th in Australia. Across 10 competitions since December 2018, he has put 86 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:02.70 in December 2018 to 29.97, a 52% improvement. Tim has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 29.97 | 37.98 | top 62.5% | 6,905 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 8.38 | 16.92 | top 70.1% | 5,752 / 8,567 | |
| Skewb | 16.12 | 21.27 | top 81.7% | 2,860 / 3,534 | |
| 4×4 | 2:34.83 | — | top 92.8% | 2,923 / 3,051 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 26 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at Puzzling Pakenham 2019.
- 5 Oct 2019First sub-30 3×3: 29.97 at Altona Algorithms 2019.
- 13 Apr 2019First sub-60 3×3: 40.58 at Solving in Sale 2019.
- 8 Dec 2018First competition: Melbourne Cube Days 2018. A 1:02.70 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Melbourne Summer 2021 · 23 Jan 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Puzzling Pakenham 2019 · 26 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Altona Algorithms 2019 · 5 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Horsham 2019 · 10 Aug 2019
- WCA World Championship 2019 · 11 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Koalafication Melbourne 2019 · 18 May 2019
- Cube for Cambodia 2019 · 28 Apr 2019
- Solving in Sale 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Brilliant Ballarat 2019 · 16 Feb 2019
- Melbourne Cube Days 2018 · 8 Dec 2018
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.
- David Edwards — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jack Cai — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ethan Pride — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 4.97 away.
- A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.