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Sam Tonkin

2×2 · top 2.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024TONK01

Sam Tonkin has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.61, set at Solving in Sale 2026, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 215th in Australia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since June 2024, he has put 631 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 8 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.83 in June 2024 to 10.35, a 58% improvement. Sam has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.6% of 186,767 all-time
1.61
signature single · Solving in Sale 2026
631
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×21.612.63
top 2.6%215 / 8,567
Pyraminx3.536.55
top 5.6%250 / 5,993
3×310.3511.35
top 8.5%763 / 11,709
Clock7.078.96
top 11.2%132 / 1,095
4×442.5448.98
top 15.1%382 / 3,051
3×3 blindfolded1:07.23—
top 15.3%76 / 394
Skewb4.716.72
top 16.0%413 / 3,534
Megaminx1:22.961:36.76
top 23.7%288 / 1,277
5×51:26.411:34.42
top 24.4%329 / 1,356
3×3 one-handed22.7828.27
top 28.2%634 / 2,659
Square-120.3131.09
top 28.7%282 / 899
6×62:49.053:08.22
top 35.6%219 / 641
7×74:43.29—
early days — 3 solves219 / 523
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves43.00
top 48.3%216 / 468
4×4 blindfolded9:41.18—
early days — 1 solve56 / 96
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 22:20—
early days — 2 solves158 / 180

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

Apollo Bay Cubing 2024: 24.83Perth Winter 2024: 18.61Spark Melbourne Spring Saturday 2024: 17.60Melbourne Cube Days 2024: 13.89Melbourne Summer 2025: 13.20Brilliant Ballarat 2025: 13.19Solving in Sale 2025: 13.16VIC State Championship 2025: 13.03Spark Melbourne July 2025: 11.09Geelong Winter 2025: 11.59Apollo Bay Cubing 2025: 10.75Nimble Newborough 2025: 10.35Melbourne Summer 2026: 12.90Solving in Sale 2026: 10.97Geelong Winter 2026: 12.0410.3524.8315 Jun 202429 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.53 away.

Targets move as he improves.