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Topher Dickens
3×3 · top 7.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022DICK03
Topher Dickens has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.03, set at Cube With Intention in Denton 2022, puts him in the top 7.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,233rd in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since May 2022, he has put 189 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.60 in May 2022 to 10.03, a 57% improvement. Topher has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.03 | 11.86 | top 7.6% | 4,233 / 60,666 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.21 | 36.02 | top 15.7% | 2,055 / 15,900 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.94 | 10.13 | top 27.4% | 7,623 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 55.19 | 58.33 | top 31.1% | 4,959 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 1:44.35 | 2:00.08 | top 38.7% | 3,148 / 9,537 | |
| Megaminx | 1:48.69 | 2:00.38 | top 39.7% | 2,936 / 8,026 | |
| 2×2 | 5.04 | 5.60 | top 39.9% | 16,276 / 41,674 | |
| 6×6 | 3:36.81 | — | early days — 3 solves | 2,221 / 4,262 | |
| 7×7 | 6:15.93 | — | early days — 3 solves | 2,236 / 3,236 | |
| Skewb | 22.52 | 30.83 | top 92.8% | 18,095 / 19,164 |
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
- 17 Dec 2022Five personal bests in one day at Cube With Intention in Denton 2022.
- 19 Nov 2022Six personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Texas Championship 2022.
- 23 Oct 2022Five personal bests in one day at DFW Cubing Fall 2022.
- 30 Jul 2022First sub-20 3×3: 15.76 at AZCubing Summer 2022.
- 30 Jul 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.28 at AZCubing Summer 2022.
- 30 Jul 2022Three personal bests in one day at AZCubing Summer 2022.
Competitions
- DFW Cubing Winter 2023 · 15 Jan 2023
- Cube With Intention in Denton 2022 · 17 Dec 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Texas Championship 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Fall 2022 · 23 Oct 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Cube More in Ardmore 2022 · 1 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Summer 2022 · 14 Aug 2022
- AZCubing Summer 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Kansas Cubing Open Spring 2022 · 7 May 2022
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.
- Ryan Pilat — met in 43 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jose Ortiz Jr. — met in 40 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jeremy Sheng — met in 40 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 6,118 people have one; it is 3.21 away.
Targets move as he improves.