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Thomas Atkins

2×2 · top 1.0% of 186,767 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 1.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 104th in Australia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since January 2021, he has put 1,271 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 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 3.49 in January 2021 to 1.20, a 66% improvement. Thomas has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.0% of 186,767 all-time
1.20
signature single · Melbourne Cube Days 2024
1,271
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 1.0%104 / 8,567
3×36.788.55
top 1.1%123 / 11,709
Clock4.096.45
top 2.5%32 / 1,095
4×429.9239.29
top 2.8%70 / 3,051
Skewb2.506.19
top 2.9%101 / 3,534
Pyraminx2.834.05
top 3.1%143 / 5,993
3×3 one-handed13.3717.91
top 5.0%115 / 2,659
Megaminx55.311:05.04
top 7.6%96 / 1,277
5×51:14.771:22.69
top 15.2%203 / 1,356
3×3 blindfolded1:09.94—
top 16.1%80 / 394
Square-116.5219.55
top 19.9%191 / 899
7×75:08.91—
early days — 3 solves262 / 523
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 8:56—
early days — 1 solve112 / 180

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: 3.49December Series: Geelong says So-Long 2021: 2.35Melbourne Summer 2022: 2.40Melbourne Mini Sunday 2022: 3.09Wonderful Williamstown 2022: 2.11Melbourne Trilogy Saturday 2022: 2.19Koalafication Melbourne 2022: 1.93Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 3.04Melbourne Summer 2023: 2.07Victorian Open 2023: 1.79Cranbourne Spring Sunday 2023: 1.87Melbourne Summer 2024: 1.28Cubing at The Game Expo 2024: 1.56The Big Cube Melbourne 2024: 1.49Melbourne Cube Days 2024: 1.20Melbourne Summer 2025: 1.58Spark Melbourne July 2025: 1.31Melbourne Cube Days 2025: 1.38Melbourne Summer 2026: 1.73Don't Inverloch Up 2026: 1.60North-East Melbourne March Saturday 2026: 1.30West Melbourne Open 2026: 1.22Spark Melbourne Autumn Sunday 2026: 1.31Australian Nationals 2026: 1.431.203.4923 Jan 20219 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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 — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.78 away.

Targets move as he improves.