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William Tan

2×2 · top 32.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015TANW01

William Tan has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.50, set at Rocky Mountain Winter 2016, puts him in the top 32.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13,093rd in the United States. Across 2 competitions since November 2015, he has put 27 official solves on the record across three events. His 2×2 best has come down from 11.13 in November 2015 to 4.50, a 60% improvement. William has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 32.9% of 186,767 all-time
4.50
signature single · Rocky Mountain Winter 2016
27
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×24.506.21
top 32.9%13,093 / 40,951
Pyraminx7.7210.75
top 33.9%9,562 / 28,708
3×333.7137.33
top 68.6%41,400 / 59,724

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

Cubing at SkillCon 2015: 11.13Rocky Mountain Winter 2016: 4.504.5011.137 Nov 20159 Jan 2016

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.72 away.

Targets move as he improves.