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Tony Gooch

2×2 · top 96.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2008 · 2008GOOC01

Tony Gooch has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 22.05, set at UK Open 2008, puts him in the top 96.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,808th in the United Kingdom. Across 2 competitions since November 2008, he has put 24 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:32.68 in November 2008 to 1:22.02, a 12% improvement. Tony has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 96.7% of 186,767 all-time
22.05
signature single · UK Open 2008
24
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×222.0537.80
top 96.7%4,808 / 4,895
3×31:22.021:40.01
top 97.1%6,617 / 6,689
4×45:18.96
top 99.7%2,080 / 2,071

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

UK Open 2008: 1:32.68UK Open 2009: 1:22.021:22.021:32.688 Nov 20087 Nov 2009

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 8 Nov 2008First competition: UK Open 2008. A 1:32.68 3×3 single to start from.

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-20 2×2 single — 178,436 people have one; it is 2.05 away.
  • A sub-1:00 3×3 single — 260,367 people have one; it is 22.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.