People · Canada
Cole Thomas
3×3 · top 8.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023THOM30
Cole Thomas has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.26, set at New to Edmonton B 2025, puts him in the top 8.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 771st in Canada. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since May 2023, he has put 103 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 94% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.52 in May 2023 to 10.26, a 41% improvement. Cole has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.26 | 12.98 | top 8.3% | 771 / 10,502 | |
| 2×2 | 2.87 | 4.35 | top 12.9% | 867 / 7,245 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.22 | 8.06 | top 21.7% | 929 / 4,913 | |
| 5×5 | 3:45.30 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,312 / 1,546 |
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
- 30 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at New to Edmonton B 2025.
- 29 Oct 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.66 at Afraid in Airdrie 2023.
- 29 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Afraid in Airdrie 2023.
- 27 May 2023First competition: Solved Central Alberta 2023. A 17.52 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Edmonton River Valley Rumble 2025 · 30 Aug 2025
- New to Edmonton B 2025 · 30 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Battle of Alberta 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Afraid in Airdrie 2023 · 29 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Sherwood Park Summer 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Solved Central Alberta 2023 · 27 May 2023
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.
- Dylan Vaskevicius — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Griffin Clem — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Anthony Finnigan — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
Targets move as he improves.