People · United Kingdom
Tom Dooley
3×3 · top 7.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2008 · 2008DOOL01
Tom Dooley has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.83, set at Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2022, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 512th in the United Kingdom. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since November 2008, he has put 309 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.71 in November 2008 to 9.83, a 44% improvement. Tom has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.83 | 13.29 | top 7.0% | 512 / 6,689 | |
| 4×4 | 46.11 | 54.52 | top 19.7% | 441 / 2,071 | |
| 5×5 | 1:27.65 | 1:37.55 | top 25.4% | 333 / 1,151 | |
| 6×6 | 2:50.98 | 3:12.85 | top 36.6% | 213 / 548 | |
| 7×7 | 4:29.22 | 4:35.32 | top 40.8% | 194 / 459 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 36.15 | 49.51 | top 59.4% | 1,020 / 1,851 |
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
- 19 Nov 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.83 at Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2022.
- 8 Feb 2020Three personal bests in one day at Fontwell Open 2020.
- 24 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at August Bank Holiday Celebration 2019.
- 9 Feb 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.03 at Fontwell Open 2019.
- 26 Oct 2018Three personal bests in one day at UK Championship 2018.
- 2 Jun 2018Three personal bests in one day at Hastings Open 2018.
Competitions
- Guildford Winter 2023 · 4 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Fontwell Open 2020 · 8 Feb 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- UK Championship 2019 · 25 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- August Bank Holiday Celebration 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Fontwell Open 2019 · 9 Feb 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- UK Championship 2018 · 26 Oct 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- August Bank Holiday Competition 2018 · 25 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Hastings Open 2018 · 2 Jun 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- UK Nationals 2010 · 5 Jun 2010 — 6 personal bests set
- UK Open 2008 · 8 Nov 2008
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.
- Robert Yau — met in 59 rounds, never finished ahead
- James Molloy — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead once
- Charlie Stark — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.83 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 6.11 away.
Targets move as he improves.