People · Australia
Theo Panetta
Skewb · top 4.5% of 74,164 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023PANE02
Theo Panetta has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.89, set at Geelong Winter 2026, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 144th in Australia. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since December 2023, he has put 143 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.95 in December 2023 to 10.35, a 42% improvement. Theo has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.89 | 5.37 | top 4.5% | 144 / 3,589 | |
| 3×3 | 10.35 | 13.28 | top 8.6% | 777 / 11,943 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.10 | 7.21 | top 13.8% | 665 / 6,109 | |
| 2×2 | 4.14 | 7.37 | top 28.3% | 2,248 / 8,727 | |
| Megaminx | 2:41.26 | — | early days — 2 solves | 881 / 1,313 |
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 Jan 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.34 at Melbourne Summer 2024.
- 3 Dec 2023First competition: Hampton Park Summer Sunday 2023. A 17.95 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Geelong Winter 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- West Melbourne Open 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Apollo Bay Cubing 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Summer 2025 · 24 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024 · 19 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Australian Nationals 2024 · 12 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Summer 2024 · 19 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hampton Park Summer Sunday 2023 · 3 Dec 2023
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.
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Eli Panetta — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Gemma Tolhurst — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,031 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.