People · United Kingdom
Theo Holmes
2×2 · top 0.16% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2025 · 2025HOLM06
Theo Holmes has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.74, set at York Summer 2026, puts him in the top 0.16% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15th in the United Kingdom. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since June 2025, he has put 768 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.55 in June 2025 to 8.16, a 76% improvement. Theo has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 0.74 | 1.99 | top 0.16% | 15 / 4,895 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.29 | 4.94 | top 1.7% | 66 / 3,656 | |
| 5×5 | 51.45 | 1:04.69 | top 2.2% | 37 / 1,151 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.53 | 17.11 | top 2.4% | 50 / 1,851 | |
| 3×3 | 8.16 | 9.62 | top 3.1% | 253 / 6,689 | |
| Clock | 5.22 | 7.17 | top 5.0% | 75 / 1,232 | |
| 4×4 | 37.15 | 41.49 | top 8.9% | 207 / 2,071 | |
| Skewb | 4.00 | 5.41 | top 10.9% | 246 / 2,421 | |
| Megaminx | 1:05.59 | 1:12.99 | top 13.1% | 166 / 966 | |
| 6×6 | 2:09.90 | 2:16.84 | top 15.3% | 93 / 548 | |
| Square-1 | 15.62 | 23.71 | top 17.8% | 177 / 778 | |
| 7×7 | 3:40.27 | 3:55.72 | top 23.6% | 111 / 459 |
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
- 28 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at Kewbz UK Championship 2026.
- 22 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at York Summer 2026.
- 8 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at Bristol August 2026.
- 25 Jul 2026Six personal bests in one day at Newcastle upon Tyne Summer 2026.
- 4 Jul 2026Four personal bests in one day at Manchester Cubing League - Final 2026.
- 20 Jun 2026Seven personal bests in one day at Wakefield Summer 2026.
Competitions
- Kewbz UK Championship 2026 · 28 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- York Summer 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Bristol August 2026 · 8 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Newcastle upon Tyne Summer 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Manchester Cubing League - Final 2026 · 4 Jul 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Wakefield Summer 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 7 personal bests set
- Sheffield Spring 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Leeds Spring 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Bolton Spring 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Weston-super-Mare Winter 2026 · 3 Jan 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Leicestershire Autumn 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Stevenage 10th Anniversary 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Manchester October 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Manchester Favourites I 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Newcastle upon Tyne Summer 2025 · 12 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Manchester June 2025 · 15 Jun 2025
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.
- Edgar Holmes — met in 151 rounds, finished ahead 73 times · head to head
- Bella Campbell — met in 147 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
- Billie Hammill — met in 131 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
- A sub-50 5×5 single — 713 people have one; it is 1.45 away.
Targets move as he improves.