People · Canada
Thomas Betancur-Garcia
2×2 · top 0.2% of 189,179 all-time · competing since October 2024 · 2024BETA03
Thomas Betancur-Garcia has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.77, set at Open de Gatineau 2026, puts him in the top 0.2% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12th in Canada. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since October 2024, he has put 435 official solves on the record across twelve 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. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His Pyraminx best has come down from 5.95 in October 2024 to 2.36, a 60% improvement. Thomas has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 0.77 | 2.61 | top 0.2% | 12 / 7,245 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.36 | 4.07 | top 1.9% | 70 / 4,913 | |
| Clock | 5.91 | 6.74 | top 6.9% | 47 / 1,057 | |
| 3×3 | 10.25 | 12.50 | top 8.2% | 769 / 10,502 | |
| 4×4 | 37.52 | 47.34 | top 9.4% | 223 / 3,180 | |
| Skewb | 4.88 | 6.13 | top 17.3% | 390 / 2,928 | |
| 5×5 | 1:19.10 | 1:34.01 | top 18.5% | 221 / 1,546 | |
| Megaminx | 1:16.40 | 1:26.25 | top 19.6% | 185 / 1,393 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.84 | 27.25 | top 31.1% | 699 / 2,632 | |
| Square-1 | 24.16 | 37.20 | top 37.2% | 322 / 973 | |
| 6×6 | 3:30.88 | 3:35.33 | early days — 3 solves | 309 / 683 | |
| 7×7 | 6:32.15 | — | early days — 1 solve | 357 / 519 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 10 Oct 2026Seven personal bests in one day at Imaginaire Québec 2026.
- 7 Aug 2026Five personal bests in one day at BC Championship 2026.
- 8 May 2026Seven personal bests in one day at Championnat Québécois 2026.
- 3 Jan 2026First sub-15 3×3: 13.42 at Cubes Tranchés à Québec PM 2026.
- 3 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Cubes Tranchés à Québec PM 2026.
- 18 Oct 2025Eight personal bests in one day at Imaginaire Québec 2025.
Competitions
- Imaginaire Québec 2026 · 10 Oct 2026 — 7 personal bests set
- BC Championship 2026 · 7 Aug 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Championnat Québécois 2026 · 8 May 2026 — 7 personal bests set
- Open de Gatineau 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubes Tranchés à Québec PM 2026 · 3 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Imaginaire Québec 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 8 personal bests set
- Burlington Cube Day 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Ponctuel et Silencieux à Québec 2025 · 29 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Championnat Canadien 2025 · 24 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Saint-Augustin A 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Trois-Rivières 2024 · 19 Oct 2024
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.
- William Lavoie — met in 74 rounds, never finished ahead
- Charles-Olivier Rivard — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- Jack Chicoine — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
- A sub-5 Clock single — 1,444 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
Targets move as he improves.