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Theo Barback

2×2 · top 19.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023BARB03

Theo Barback has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.47, set at Stevenage July 2025, puts him in the top 19.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,118th in the United Kingdom. Across 13 competitions since February 2023, he has put 349 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.37 in February 2023 to 14.11, a 31% improvement. Theo has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 19.8% of 186,767 all-time
3.47
signature single · Stevenage July 2025
349
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×23.475.41
top 19.8%1,118 / 4,895
3×314.1117.36
top 21.4%1,439 / 6,689
Pyraminx6.199.28
top 21.4%835 / 3,656
Skewb5.469.29
top 21.7%501 / 2,421
Clock12.5916.17
top 37.8%510 / 1,232
Megaminx1:53.78
top 42.5%480 / 966
4×41:15.41
top 52.0%1,118 / 2,071
3×3 one-handed46.04
top 72.8%1,293 / 1,851
6×66:18.006:37.26
early days — 3 solves519 / 548

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

Brent Cross Winter 2023: 20.37Lincolnshire Winter 2023: 18.90Stevenage July 2023: 20.54Stevenage April 2024: 16.21Stevenage May 2024: 18.46Lincolnshire Summer 2024: 14.63Kewbz UK Open 2024: 15.28Stevenage December 2024: 14.11Stevenage January 2025: 16.01Stevenage April 2025: 15.03Stevenage July 2025: 15.80Stevenage March 2026: 14.1414.1120.5418 Feb 202314 Mar 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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.