People · United States
Emily Thurston
Clock · top 12.4% of 32,048 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025THUR01
Emily Thurston has been competing for a year. Her best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 7.35, set at Idaho Championship 2025, puts her in the top 12.4% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 946th in the United States. Across 10 competitions since January 2025, she has put 230 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 32.74 in January 2025 to 20.94, a 36% improvement. Emily has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 7.35 | 9.04 | top 12.4% | 946 / 8,927 | |
| 2×2 | 4.36 | 7.64 | top 31.1% | 12,385 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 7.46 | 9.88 | top 37.2% | 6,349 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.66 | 12.64 | top 41.9% | 12,018 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 20.94 | 25.64 | top 42.6% | 24,351 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 1:29.06 | 1:42.89 | top 62.9% | 11,003 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 41.80 | — | early days — 3 solves | 4,444 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 50.29 | 1:02.81 | top 77.0% | 11,250 / 15,683 |
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
- 7 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at Utah Speedcubing Pride 2025.
- 8 Mar 2025First sub-30 3×3: 25.85 at Southwest Idaho Newcomers 2025.
- 4 Jan 2025First competition: Spokane Winter 2025. A 32.74 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Meridian Marathon 2026 · 25 Apr 2026
- Pocatello Potato Palooza 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Gem State Sprint 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Idaho Championship 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Boise One-Handed Blitz 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Speedcubing Pride 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Burley Summer 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rexburg Rumble 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Southwest Idaho Newcomers 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Spokane Winter 2025 · 4 Jan 2025
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 her.
- Brendan Robinson — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Damian Wilding — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Cade Beck — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 1.35 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
Targets move as she improves.