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Tom Praschan

3×3 one-handed · top 8.1% of 73,695 all-time · competing since June 2010 · 2010PRAS02

Tom Praschan has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 14.97, set at German Nationals 2011, puts him in the top 8.1% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 107th in Germany. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since June 2010, he has put 205 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.47 in June 2010 to 10.68, a 48% improvement. Tom has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 8.1% of 73,695 all-time
14.97
signature single · German Nationals 2011
205
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×3 one-handed14.9721.63
top 8.1%107 / 1,314
3×310.6811.74
top 9.5%491 / 4,109
2×22.805.83
top 12.0%434 / 2,875
Pyraminx5.5011.24
top 16.4%412 / 1,987
5×51:56.772:10.00
top 47.2%502 / 1,158
4×41:14.341:24.39
top 51.0%971 / 1,934

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

Cologne Open 2010: 20.47Lemgo Open 2010: 16.38Schleswig-Holstein Open 2011: 10.68German Nationals 2011: 13.38Hessen Open 2012: 10.9710.6820.4712 Jun 20104 Feb 2012

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.97 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.68 away.

Targets move as he improves.