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Blake Thompson

3×3 · top 0.094% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2010 · 2010THOM03

Blake Thompson has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 4.86, set at Queen City 2017, puts him in the top 0.094% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 58th in the United States. Until November 2016, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 214 competitions since June 2010, he has put 10,791 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.52 in June 2010 to 4.86, a 75% improvement. Blake has entered 214 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.094% of 284,439 all-time
4.86
signature single · Queen City 2017
10,791
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×34.866.75
top 0.094%58 / 59,724
2×20.912.18
top 0.39%165 / 40,951
4×426.2829.85
top 1.1%181 / 19,072
3×3 Fewest Moves21 moves26.33
top 1.5%39 / 2,040
Skewb2.133.60
top 1.7%248 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed11.1214.57
top 2.0%311 / 15,683
Pyraminx2.464.25
top 2.1%552 / 28,708
Square-18.4311.99
top 3.6%268 / 6,743
Megaminx47.6857.47
top 4.1%286 / 7,841
5×556.961:03.97
top 4.1%339 / 9,401
6×61:54.162:05.95
top 8.8%308 / 4,196
7×73:08.693:15.30
top 12.9%353 / 3,184
Clock8.2910.63
top 16.6%1,262 / 8,927
3×3 blindfolded1:47.88—
top 29.2%600 / 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

Ohio Open 2010: 19.52DeVry University Open 2010: 16.16Ohio Open 2011: 11.94United States National Championships 2011: 13.96Dayton Fall 2011: 11.40Hillsdale Winter 2012: 11.13New Albany 2012: 8.86United States National Championships 2012: 11.93Hillsdale Winter 2013: 9.81New Albany 2013: 9.36Tree Town 2013: 12.50World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 10.20Leaf Town 2013: 8.12Hillsdale Fall 2013: 8.93Blizzard Town 2014: 8.66Fantastic Michigan Competition 2014: 8.72Holy Toledo Winter 2014: 8.99Michigan May Madness 2014: 9.49New Albany Open 2014: 8.69Michigan 2014: 9.48US Nationals 2014: 9.68Mishawaka Fall 2014: 8.62Michigan Mystery 2014: 8.26Carnegie Mellon Winter 2014: 8.60Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2015: 8.13Summit City Open 2015: 8.49Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2015: 6.21Mishawaka Spring 2015: 8.59Indiana 2015: 8.68Dayton 2015: 7.89Michigan 2015: 8.21Great Lakes Cubing Competition 2015: 8.10US Nationals 2015: 8.81Cubic Catastrophe 2015: 8.95MCC Gamma 2015: 7.56Médecins Sans Frontières Open 2015: 7.53Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2015: 7.94Queen City 2016: 8.58Shaker Heights 2016: 7.01Mishawaka 3x3 Day 2016: 6.81Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2016: 7.87Dayton Spring 2016: 6.76Alpharetta Open 2016: 6.88Summit City Open 2016: 7.19Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2016: 7.10Slow N Steady Spring 2016: 7.47Indiana 2016: 7.55Petoskey Cubing 2016: 7.64US Nationals 2016: 7.51Michigan 2016: 6.53Wiscube 2016: 7.19Dixon Fall 2016: 7.43Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2016: 6.68Shaker Fall 2016: 6.52Dayton Winter 2017: 7.74Rockville Winter 2017: 7.64Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2017: 5.89Mishawaka Winter 2017: 7.51Bluegrass Spring 2017: 7.11Howland High Spring 2017: 6.75Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2017: 7.21Shaker Spring 2017: 5.97Cat and Mouse 2017: 7.13Queen City 2017: 4.86Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2017: 6.93CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 5.11Petoskey Cubing 2017: 7.09Northwest Championships 2017: 7.05Michigan 2017: 6.73Glass City Open 2017: 7.10Yeehaw 2017: 6.54Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2017: 7.46ChicaGhosts 2017: 7.70St. Boois 2017: 7.06Shaker Fall 2017: 6.16Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2018: 7.80Skyline Open 2018: 7.28Howdy Partner 2018: 6.79Incredible Pencil Mania 2018: 6.78Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2018: 7.34Howland Winter 2018: 6.89Bay Area Speedcubin' 11 2018: 7.00Gateway Ravioli Spring 2018: 7.09Flag City Spring 2018: 7.03Kent State Taco Bash 2018: 6.66CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2018: 6.83CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2018: 7.42Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2018: 6.18Coach Pigeon 2018: 7.80Cardinal Bird Fiesta 2018: 7.30First State 2018: 7.03Holy Toledo Summer 2018: 6.23CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 5.77Michigan 2018: 6.78Oakville Limited Fall 2018: 6.79Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2018: 5.73Hudson Valley Winter 2019: 6.32Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2019: 6.86Blue Water Winter 2019: 6.898 Wing Limited 2019: 6.89Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2019: 7.43CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2019: 7.65River Hill Spring 2019: 6.93Richmond Spring 2019: 6.98Northern Virginia Summer 2019: 5.57Greensboro Summer 2019: 7.47Rally in the Valley 2019: 7.32CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 7.36Michigan 2019: 6.93Indiana 2019: 6.82Cuyahoga Cubing 2019: 7.01Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2019: 6.69Burke Mountain Fall 2019: 7.48Flag City Fall 2019: 6.48Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2019: 6.95Imagination Station 2020: 7.32Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2020: 7.16Oregon State Leap Day 2020: 7.16Idaho Summer A 2021: 7.82Wyoming Summer 2021: 6.41Missoula 2021: 6.59Bulldog Holiday Bash 2021: 7.78Windy City New Year 2022: 8.00Baton Rouge Winter 2022: 7.43North Star Cubing Challenge 2022: 7.70NA Stadium Series - Green Bay 2022: 8.17Maine Spring 2022: 8.47Happy Valley Spring 2022: 7.48Slow N Steady Spring 2022: 6.34CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022: 7.81Pennsylvania Championship 2022: 7.63Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 7.11Granite State 2022: 6.99CubingUSA Southern Championship 2022: 7.74Silver Spring Summer 2022: 6.42CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2022: 7.62Pretzel Mania 2022: 6.86Think In Fink Fall 2022: 6.96Cubers Flood Watertown 2022: 6.25Slow N Steady Fall 2022: 6.64River Hill Fall 2022: 6.68West Chester Fall 2022: 6.28Crystal City Winter 2023: 7.09Sleepless in Seattle 2023: 6.91Pretzel Mania 2023: 6.46Mile High Megacomp 2023: 6.90Virginia Beach Spring 2023: 7.13Virginia Re-Open Spring 2023: 6.92Richmond Spring 2023: 6.06Slow N Steady Spring 2023: 7.52TJHSST Spring 2023: 7.51Cubing in the Lion's Den 2023: 6.70Warwick Cube Day 2023: 5.81CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2023: 6.97Michigan 2023: 6.82CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 7.94Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 7.63Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023: 7.10Pretzel Mania Summer 2023: 7.03Virginia Beach Fall 2023: 5.69Slow N Steady Fall 2023: 7.50Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 7.28Virginia Championship 2023: 6.54MoCo Cubing Winter 2024: 7.23NoVa Cube Winter 2024: 6.84Virginia Still-Open Winter 2024: 6.51Cubing in the Lion's Den 2024: 8.02PBs in Palisades 2024: 6.69UMBC Winter 2024: 6.20Slow N Steady Spring 2024: 7.59River Hill Spring 2024: 7.45Cubing at Carson 2024: 6.94Pretzel Mania Denver 2024: 7.09Cubes on the Bayside Summer 2024: 7.45Michigan Championship 2024: 7.25Michigan Mini 20 2024: 6.61Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 7.51Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 6.53Cubing with the Kilkenny Cats Saturday 2024: 7.25Pretzel Mania Summer 2024: 7.07Gaithersburg Back to School 2024: 7.41UMBC Fall 2024: 7.14CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024: 6.53Michigan Mini 24 2024: 7.27Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2024: 7.20Michigan Mini 25 2024: 7.90River Hill Fall 2024: 7.07Michigan Mini 26A 2024: 7.04Bethesda Winter Wonderland 2025: 7.03Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025: 6.49PA-retzel Mania Winter 2025: 7.71New-Cumberland County 2025: 7.66Cubes in the Mountains WV 2025: 5.20Warm Up Seattle 2025: 7.17Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 7.17Coffee Cup Tacoma 2025: 7.73Seattle Cube Cascade UW 2025: 6.81Kent Fall 2025: 5.82Lakewood Spring 2026: 7.42Dawgs at Denny UW 2026: 7.27Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 7.68Seattle Summer 2026: 7.384.8619.525 Jun 201011 Jul 2026

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-4 3×3 single — 38 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 1.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.