People · Australia
Oliver Thomas
3×3 · top 8.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023THOM28
Oliver Thomas has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.34, set at Don't Inverloch Up 2026, puts him in the top 8.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 775th in Australia. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since May 2023, he has put 240 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.95 in May 2023 to 2.73, a 54% improvement. Oliver has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.34 | 17.34 | top 8.5% | 775 / 11,943 | |
| 2×2 | 2.73 | 4.92 | top 11.3% | 868 / 8,727 | |
| Skewb | 4.76 | 7.98 | top 16.4% | 434 / 3,589 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.66 | 8.34 | top 17.5% | 866 / 6,109 | |
| 4×4 | 1:03.81 | 1:07.68 | top 40.5% | 1,093 / 3,108 | |
| Megaminx | 2:02.40 | — | top 47.2% | 587 / 1,313 | |
| Clock | 16.62 | 18.73 | top 54.1% | 596 / 1,159 | |
| 5×5 | 2:49.21 | — | top 74.4% | 1,090 / 1,412 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 53.64 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,011 / 2,685 | |
| Square-1 | 58.35 | — | early days — 2 solves | 801 / 920 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 5:42.55 | — | early days — 1 solve | 350 / 399 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 7 Feb 2026First sub-15 3×3: 10.34 at Don't Inverloch Up 2026.
- 7 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at Don't Inverloch Up 2026.
- 3 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Don't Inverloch Up 2025.
- 26 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at Melbourne Cubing for Kids Saturday 2023.
- 21 May 2023First competition: St Oliver's Speedy Sunday 2023. A 26.48 3×3 single to start from.
- 21 May 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.18 at St Oliver's Speedy Sunday 2023.
Competitions
- Don't Inverloch Up 2026 · 7 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Don't Inverloch Up 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Nimble Newborough 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Don't Inverloch Up 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing with Penguins by Phillip Island 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cubing for Kids Saturday 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- St Oliver's Speedy Sunday 2023 · 21 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 56 rounds, never finished ahead
- Harvey Welsford — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Harry Forbes — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
Targets move as he improves.