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Thomas Atkins

2×2 · top 1.1% of 189,179 all-time · competing since January 2021 · 2021ATKI02

Thomas Atkins has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.20, set at Melbourne Cube Days 2024, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 112th in Australia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since January 2021, he has put 1,358 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.18 in January 2021 to 6.78, a 39% improvement. Thomas has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.1% of 189,179 all-time
1.20
signature single · Melbourne Cube Days 2024
1,358
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×21.201.54
top 1.1%112 / 8,727
3×36.788.20
top 1.1%125 / 11,943
Clock4.096.45
top 2.5%32 / 1,159
4×429.9239.29
top 2.8%76 / 3,108
Skewb2.506.19
top 2.9%101 / 3,589
Pyraminx2.834.05
top 3.1%143 / 6,109
3×3 one-handed13.3717.91
top 5.1%119 / 2,685
Megaminx55.311:05.04
top 7.6%101 / 1,313
5×51:14.771:19.77
top 15.3%210 / 1,412
3×3 blindfolded1:09.94—
top 16.2%80 / 399
Square-116.5219.55
top 19.9%194 / 920
7×75:08.91—
early days — 3 solves268 / 540
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 8:56—
early days — 1 solve116 / 186

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

Melbourne Summer 2021: 11.18December Series: Geelong says So-Long 2021: 10.41Melbourne Summer 2022: 8.27Melbourne Mini Sunday 2022: 10.26Wonderful Williamstown 2022: 10.02Melbourne Trilogy Saturday 2022: 6.78Koalafication Melbourne 2022: 9.68Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 9.05Melbourne Summer 2023: 8.77Victorian Open 2023: 7.52Cranbourne Spring Sunday 2023: 7.88Melbourne Summer 2024: 8.33Cubing at The Game Expo 2024: 7.02The Big Cube Melbourne 2024: 8.28Melbourne Cube Days 2024: 8.45Melbourne Summer 2025: 7.13Spark Melbourne July 2025: 6.79Melbourne Cube Days 2025: 7.84Melbourne Summer 2026: 8.10Don't Inverloch Up 2026: 8.07North-East Melbourne March Saturday 2026: 7.55West Melbourne Open 2026: 7.37Spark Melbourne Autumn Sunday 2026: 7.07Australian Nationals 2026: 8.50Belgrave Open 2026: 7.11Puzzling Pakenham Sunday 2026: 7.616.7811.1823 Jan 202127 Sep 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-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.78 away.

Targets move as he improves.