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Tommy Robben

3×3 · top 3.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2021 · 2021ROBB01

Tommy Robben has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.48, set at Race the Clock Minnesota 2022, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,090th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since December 2021, he has put 279 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.46 in December 2021 to 8.48, a 10% improvement. Tommy has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.7% of 284,439 all-time
8.48
signature single · Race the Clock Minnesota 2022
279
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.4810.23
top 3.7%2,090 / 59,724
2×21.833.11
top 3.7%1,475 / 40,951
4×446.1647.65
top 19.7%3,001 / 19,072
Pyraminx6.0210.73
top 20.2%5,404 / 28,708
Skewb5.298.48
top 20.4%3,257 / 18,907
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves
early days — 1 solve507 / 2,040
3×3 one-handed21.1022.99
top 23.5%3,018 / 15,683
5×51:30.871:40.21
top 28.0%2,202 / 9,401
Megaminx1:49.562:06.23
top 40.1%2,900 / 7,841
Square-126.0337.33
top 41.5%2,689 / 6,743
Clock16.3017.98
top 52.9%4,355 / 8,927
6×65:13.08
early days — 1 solve3,394 / 4,196
7×78:00.11
early days — 1 solve2,849 / 3,184
3×3 blindfolded9:29.13
early days — 1 solve2,058 / 2,092

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

Cubetcha B 2021: 9.46North Star Cubing Challenge 2022: 8.52Minnesota Cube Melt 2022: 9.12Minnesota Cube Day 2022: 8.78Sioux Falls Spring 2022: 8.82Side Events Minnesota 2022: 9.39Cubetcha 2022: 9.57Race the Clock Minnesota 2022: 8.488.489.575 Dec 202131 Dec 2022

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.83 away.

Targets move as he improves.