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Ty Platow

Skewb · top 50.3% of 73,281 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016PLAT03

Ty Platow has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 9.27, set at Incredible Pencil Mania 2018, puts him in the top 50.3% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,997th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since June 2016, he has put 35 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.72 in June 2016 to 32.38, an 18% improvement. Ty has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 50.3% of 73,281 all-time
9.27
signature single · Incredible Pencil Mania 2018
35
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Skewb9.2724.64
top 50.3%8,997 / 18,907
3×332.3840.82
top 66.5%39,983 / 59,724
Pyraminx13.5220.28
top 75.6%22,376 / 28,708
2×211.4814.06
top 82.9%34,445 / 40,951

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

Cube4Cam 2016: 39.72Incredible Pencil Mania 2018: 43.26No Place For DNF Spring 2018: 32.3832.3843.264 Jun 20167 Apr 2018

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

The story so far

  • 4 Jun 2016First competition: Cube4Cam 2016. A 39.72 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-8 Skewb single — 30,246 people have one; it is 1.27 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 2.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.