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Theo Barton

2×2 · top 0.28% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023BART08

Theo Barton has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.84, set at Cubing East Auckland Newcomer Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.28% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20th in New Zealand. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since May 2023, he has put 1,176 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.91 in May 2023 to 7.04, a 79% improvement. Theo has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.28% of 186,767 all-time
0.84
signature single · Cubing East Auckland Newcomer Open 2026
1,176
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
2×20.842.79
top 0.28%20 / 1,615
3×37.048.74
top 1.4%46 / 2,095
Pyraminx2.444.24
top 2.1%55 / 1,141
Clock4.275.51
top 2.9%25 / 303
Skewb3.144.85
top 5.7%52 / 666
4×436.3143.63
top 8.0%72 / 722
3×3 one-handed17.0619.44
top 12.7%86 / 600
Megaminx1:06.211:11.45
top 13.4%56 / 283
5×51:13.971:23.65
top 14.5%57 / 355
Square-118.3329.97
top 24.2%73 / 251
6×62:49.603:09.65
top 35.9%69 / 149
7×75:04.805:30.61
top 52.0%78 / 126

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

Auckland Autumn 2023: 33.91Auckland Mid-Year Madness 2023: 32.15New Zealand Nationals 2023: 13.35A New Year in Auckland 2024: 12.35NZ South Island Championship 2024: 11.55Auckland Matariki Open 2024: 11.01Clauckland 2024: 9.82NZ North Island Championship 2024: 11.48Springing into Auckland 2024: 10.52New Zealand Nationals 2024: 10.13A New Year in Auckland 2025: 10.19Twisting in Titirangi 2025: 8.08Auckland Autumn 2025: 10.92NZ North Island Championship 2025: 8.90Beachside Auckland 2025: 9.78New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2025: 8.24Drury Summer 2025: 8.76New Zealand Nationals 2025: 8.60A New Year in Auckland 2026: 7.04Cubing East Auckland Newcomer Open 2026: 7.84Welcome Back Hamilton 2026: 7.42Auckland Winter Open 2026: 8.65GAN New Zealand Nationals 2026: 7.967.0433.9113 May 202310 Jul 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.04 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.44 away.

Targets move as he improves.