People · United Kingdom
Thomas Blackburn
3×3 · top 19.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022BLAC09
Thomas Blackburn has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.57, set at Stevenage 10th Anniversary 2025, puts him in the top 19.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,327th in the United Kingdom. Across 8 competitions since November 2022, he has put 193 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 62% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.34 in November 2022 to 13.57, a 33% improvement. Thomas 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 | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 13.57 | 15.45 | top 19.5% | 1,327 / 6,785 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.56 | 9.38 | top 24.3% | 966 / 3,704 | |
| 2×2 | 3.86 | 5.69 | top 24.8% | 1,392 / 4,946 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.33 | 1:17.76 | top 39.1% | 865 / 2,112 | |
| Skewb | 8.69 | 16.35 | top 46.4% | 1,102 / 2,439 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.34 | 32.48 | top 47.5% | 841 / 1,861 | |
| Clock | 18.15 | 20.49 | top 59.2% | 780 / 1,255 | |
| Megaminx | 2:48.69 | — | early days — 2 solves | 816 / 998 |
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
- 31 Aug 2024Seven personal bests in one day at Kewbz UK Open 2024.
- 10 Feb 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.02 at Stevenage February 2024.
- 27 Jan 2023First sub-20 3×3: 18.99 at Glasgow Winter 2023.
- 12 Nov 2022First competition: East London Autumn 2022. A 20.34 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Stevenage 10th Anniversary 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage March 2025 · 1 Mar 2025
- Kewbz UK Open 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Stevenage June 2024 · 8 Jun 2024
- Stevenage February 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage November 2023 · 25 Nov 2023
- Glasgow Winter 2023 · 27 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- East London Autumn 2022 · 12 Nov 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.
- Joshua Da Costa — met in 44 rounds, never finished ahead
- Satya Bhavesh Gala — met in 43 rounds, never finished ahead
- Harry Allen — met in 43 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 1.57 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 26,233 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.