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Theodore Groom Linehan
Pyraminx · top 6.4% of 129,321 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022LINE06
Theodore Groom Linehan has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.74, set at Berkeley Summer 2023, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,652nd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since September 2022, he has put 239 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.25 in September 2022 to 19.46, a 40% improvement. Theodore 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 States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.74 | 8.04 | top 6.4% | 1,652 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 8.82 | 9.45 | top 19.1% | 1,454 / 8,927 | |
| 2×2 | 3.46 | 5.12 | top 19.7% | 7,726 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 7.57 | 11.23 | top 38.0% | 6,509 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 19.46 | 23.73 | top 38.4% | 21,686 / 59,724 | |
| Square-1 | 39.10 | — | top 64.2% | 4,225 / 6,743 | |
| 4×4 | 2:06.82 | — | early days — 2 solves | 15,914 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:15.46 | — | top 91.0% | 13,951 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 4:14.07 | — | top 92.0% | 7,399 / 7,841 |
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
- 17 Mar 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.46 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 58 - Berkeley 2024.
- 4 Dec 2022First sub-30 3×3: 28.57 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 40 - San Ramon 2022.
- 10 Sep 2022First competition: Berkeley Fall 2022. A 32.25 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 68 - Belmont 2025 · 13 Dec 2025
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2024 · 2 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 60 - Mountain View 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 59 LIVE - SSF 2024 · 30 Mar 2024
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 58 - Berkeley 2024 · 17 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Winter 2024 · 4 Feb 2024
- Berkeley Summer 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 50 - Berkeley 2023 · 6 Aug 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 48 - 6.25 Berkeley 2023 · 25 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 46 Live - SSF 2023 · 6 May 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 44 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Spring 2023 · 12 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Winter A 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 40 - San Ramon 2022 · 4 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Fall 2022 · 10 Sep 2022
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.
- Paul Mahvi — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead once
- Chris Martin — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Jaidon Poraminthara Lin (เจเดิ้น ปรมินทร์ หลิน) — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
- A sub-8 Clock single — 4,877 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
Targets move as he improves.