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Theo Hughes
Pyraminx · top 3.6% of 130,891 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025HUGH07
Theo Hughes has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.99, set at Puzzling Pakenham Sunday 2026, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 170th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since September 2025, he has put 172 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.01 in September 2025 to 9.67, a 43% improvement. Theo has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.99 | 4.53 | top 3.6% | 170 / 6,109 | |
| 2×2 | 2.07 | 2.64 | top 5.3% | 394 / 8,727 | |
| 3×3 | 9.67 | 13.16 | top 6.6% | 613 / 11,943 | |
| Skewb | 3.36 | 5.48 | top 6.9% | 200 / 3,589 | |
| 4×4 | 56.29 | 1:01.05 | top 32.4% | 855 / 3,108 | |
| Square-1 | 22.65 | 39.38 | top 34.0% | 331 / 920 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.32 | 43.14 | top 52.0% | 1,222 / 2,685 |
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
- 24 May 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.67 at Spark Melbourne Autumn Sunday 2026.
- 24 May 2026Five personal bests in one day at Spark Melbourne Autumn Sunday 2026.
- 8 Mar 2026First sub-15 3×3: 13.82 at North-East Melbourne March Sunday 2026.
- 8 Mar 2026Four personal bests in one day at North-East Melbourne March Sunday 2026.
- 28 Sep 2025First competition: Puzzling Pakenham Sunday 2025. A 22.99 3×3 single to start from.
- 28 Sep 2025First sub-20 3×3: 17.01 at Puzzling Pakenham Sunday 2025.
Competitions
- Puzzling Pakenham Sunday 2026 · 27 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2026 · 9 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Spark Melbourne Autumn Sunday 2026 · 24 May 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- North-East Melbourne March Sunday 2026 · 8 Mar 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Puzzling Pakenham Sunday 2025 · 28 Sep 2025 — 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.
- Jacob Joshi — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
- Xavier Lianto — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Ryan Chen — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
Targets move as he improves.