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Tom Newcombe

3×3 · top 80.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017NEWC01

Tom Newcombe has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 42.86, set at Irish Championship 2018, puts him in the top 80.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,185th in Ireland. Across 3 competitions since June 2017, he has put 38 official solves on the record across three events. Tom has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 80.0% of 284,439 all-time
42.86
signature single · Irish Championship 2018
38
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIreland
3×342.861:03.83
top 80.0%1,185 / 1,427
Pyraminx15.5617.94
top 83.7%799 / 911
2×220.2925.08
top 95.8%1,131 / 1,163

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

Irish Championship 2017: 20.29Dublin Open 2017: 21.14Irish Championship 2018: 20.6820.2921.1424 Jun 201714 Jul 2018

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 2.86 away.
  • A sub-15 Pyraminx single — 105,805 people have one; it is 0.56 away.

Targets move as he improves.