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Carter Thomas

5×5 · top 0.086% of 40,792 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018THOM29

Carter Thomas has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 5×5: a personal-best single of 38.60, set at Racing Kane 2026, puts him in the top 0.086% of the 40,792 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7th in the United States. Until July 2017, no official 5×5 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 82 competitions since August 2018, he has put 4,174 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.96 in August 2018 to 4.88, an 80% improvement. Carter has entered 82 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

5×5
best event — top 0.086% of 40,792 all-time
38.60
signature single · Racing Kane 2026
4,174
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
5×538.6044.16
top 0.086%7 / 9,401
3×34.886.78
top 0.097%60 / 59,724
Clock2.192.82
top 0.11%10 / 8,927
6×61:09.811:20.14
top 0.13%6 / 4,196
4×421.5526.44
top 0.15%25 / 19,072
Pyraminx1.312.92
top 0.22%74 / 28,708
7×71:54.112:00.53
top 0.32%13 / 3,184
Skewb1.453.53
top 0.38%62 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed8.7112.31
top 0.4%58 / 15,683
2×21.091.83
top 0.75%307 / 40,951
Megaminx37.0541.51
top 0.95%66 / 7,841
Square-18.3310.14
top 3.5%256 / 6,743
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves31.33
top 6.2%149 / 2,040
3×3 blindfolded1:36.08—
top 25.2%519 / 2,092
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 13:10—
early days — 1 solve508 / 731

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

Michigan 2018: 24.96Cubing Peoria 2019: 15.23CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2019: 13.20Chicago Area Twist Spring 2019: 11.62Madison Summer 2019: 9.67Albany Fall 2019: 9.71Wiscube 2019: 9.75Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2020: 8.79Welcome Back Wisconsin 2 2021: 7.71NA Stadium Series - Green Bay 2022: 8.02CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2022: 7.02Three Attempts Chicago 2022: 7.49NxNaperville 2022: 7.16Milwaukee First 2022: 7.65Cubing Peoria 2022: 7.15Mt. Prospect Open 2022: 6.99UIUC Fall 2022: 7.122x2 in a Madison Lodge 2022: 7.22Naperville Winter B 2022: 6.41Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2023: 7.66Everything in Evanston A 2023: 6.20Swallow Spring 2023: 6.94West Side Cube Clash 2023: 7.08OH in a Madison Ballroom 2023: 6.43Warm Up in Mount Prospect 2023: 6.74CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 6.36Naperville Summer 2023: 5.98Evanston Summer Big Cubes 2023: 6.88Get to Work Chicagoland 2023: 6.20Fort Wayne Favorites 2023: 7.13Evanston Fall 2023: 6.93Evanston Fall Mini B 2023: 6.79Peoria Fall 2023: 5.89The Core of Hobart 2023: 7.52DuPage Winter 2024: 6.92Naperville Winter 2024: 7.20Muske-GO 2024: 7.02Countless Cubes Chicagoland A 2024: 7.47Chicago Area Twist Spring A 2024: 6.44Ackerman Spring 2024: 4.88Cubing in Oak Creek 2024: 6.666x6 Still in a Madison Park 2024: 6.41DuPage Fall 2024: 5.94Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2024: 6.38Kenosha First A 2024: 6.88Unorthodox Blocks Wisconsin 2025: 6.83Racing Kane 2025: 6.43South Bend Scramble 2025: 6.07Goshen Spring 2025: 6.13Land of Lincoln 2025: 6.48Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 5.99WisconsiNxN 2025: 5.88CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2025: 6.31Clock on the Madison Rocks 2025: 6.52Machesney Park Fall 2025: 4.99Wisconsin on Ice 2026: 6.33Pyraminx with Madison Ideas 2026: 6.06Machesney Park Spring 2026: 5.78UIUC Spring 2026: 6.05Racing Kane 2026: 5.72CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026: 5.91Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 6.604x4 Off US-40 IL 2026: 5.944.8824.9610 Aug 201829 Aug 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-30 5×5 single — 1 people have one; it is 8.60 away.
  • A sub-4 3×3 single — 38 people have one; it is 0.88 away.

Targets move as he improves.