People · United Kingdom
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.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.47 | 5.41 | top 19.8% | 1,118 / 4,895 | |
| 3×3 | 14.11 | 17.36 | top 21.4% | 1,439 / 6,689 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.19 | 9.28 | top 21.4% | 835 / 3,656 | |
| Skewb | 5.46 | 9.29 | top 21.7% | 501 / 2,421 | |
| Clock | 12.59 | 16.17 | top 37.8% | 510 / 1,232 | |
| Megaminx | 1:53.78 | — | top 42.5% | 480 / 966 | |
| 4×4 | 1:15.41 | — | top 52.0% | 1,118 / 2,071 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 46.04 | — | top 72.8% | 1,293 / 1,851 | |
| 6×6 | 6:18.00 | 6:37.26 | early days — 3 solves | 519 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 19 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Stevenage July 2025.
- 7 Dec 2024Five personal bests in one day at Stevenage December 2024.
- 3 Aug 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.96 at Lincolnshire Summer 2024.
- 3 Aug 2024Six personal bests in one day at Lincolnshire Summer 2024.
- 11 May 2024Three personal bests in one day at Stevenage May 2024.
- 25 Feb 2023First sub-20 3×3: 18.90 at Lincolnshire Winter 2023.
Competitions
- Stevenage March 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage July 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Stevenage April 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage January 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage December 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Kewbz UK Open 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Lincolnshire Summer 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Stevenage May 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Stevenage April 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage July 2023 · 22 Jul 2023
- Stevenage May 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Lincolnshire Winter 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Brent Cross Winter 2023 · 18 Feb 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.
- James Kyoichi Curry (ジェイムス 恭一) — met in 67 rounds, never finished ahead
- Noah Calderon-Kamata — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Harry Allen — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead once
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.