People · United States
Toby Mao (毛台立)
3×3 · top 8.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2004 · 2004MAOT01
Toby Mao (毛台立) has been competing for 22 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.48, set at US Nationals 2006, puts him in the top 8.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,874th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since December 2004, he has put 296 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.15 in December 2004 to 10.48, a 58% improvement. Toby has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.48 | 14.11 | top 8.9% | 4,874 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.43 | 30.62 | top 35.3% | 4,666 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 5.08 | 9.02 | top 40.3% | 16,199 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:32.77 | — | early days — 2 solves | 11,600 / 19,072 |
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
- 4 Aug 2006Three personal bests in one day at US Nationals 2006.
- 14 Jan 2006First sub-15 3×3: 13.87 at Caltech Winter competition 2006.
- 17 Sep 2005First sub-20 3×3: 15.83 at Northern California Fall Open 2005.
- 11 Dec 2004First competition: Kennedy Middle School Fall competition 2004. A 25.15 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013 · 26 Jul 2013
- United States National Championships 2012 · 3 Aug 2012
- Stanford Fall 2011 · 13 Nov 2011
- United States National Championships 2011 · 12 Aug 2011
- United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010 · 6 Aug 2010
- Berkeley Summer 2010 · 11 Jul 2010
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009 · 9 Oct 2009
- US Nationals 2009 · 14 Aug 2009
- Safe Haven competition 2009 · 20 Jun 2009
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2007 · 5 Oct 2007 — 2 personal bests set
- Caltech Summer competition 2007 · 25 Aug 2007 — 1 personal best set
- US Open 2007 · 16 Jun 2007
- Berkeley Spring competition 2007 · 14 Apr 2007 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Winter competition 2007 · 13 Jan 2007
- UC Berkeley Fall competition 2006 · 18 Nov 2006 — 1 personal best set
- US Nationals 2006 · 4 Aug 2006 — 3 personal bests set
- Caltech Spring competition 2006 · 15 Apr 2006
- Caltech Winter competition 2006 · 14 Jan 2006 — 2 personal bests set
- Northern California Fall Open 2005 · 17 Sep 2005 — 1 personal best set
- Kennedy Middle School Fall competition 2004 · 11 Dec 2004
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.
- Dan Dzoan — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Chris Dzoan — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Leyan Lo — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
- A sub-25 3×3 one-handed single — 25,198 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
Targets move as he improves.