People · Australia
Thomas Bland
3×3 · top 4.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2021 · 2021BLAN01
Thomas Bland has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.02, set at Perth Winter 2024, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 454th in Australia. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since October 2021, he has put 482 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.23 in October 2021 to 9.02, a 44% improvement. Thomas has entered 17 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 | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.02 | 12.04 | top 4.9% | 454 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 2.45 | 4.82 | top 8.4% | 638 / 8,567 | |
| Square-1 | 13.67 | 18.35 | top 13.4% | 137 / 899 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.15 | 8.27 | top 21.1% | 1,058 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.24 | 26.22 | top 26.7% | 592 / 2,659 | |
| Skewb | 7.44 | 10.65 | top 37.0% | 1,098 / 3,534 | |
| 4×4 | 1:07.83 | 1:20.94 | top 44.7% | 1,201 / 3,051 | |
| Clock | 19.62 | 26.35 | top 63.5% | 665 / 1,095 | |
| 5×5 | 3:02.96 | — | top 79.0% | 1,130 / 1,356 |
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
- 13 Sep 2025Five personal bests in one day at WA State Championship 2025.
- 21 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at Perth Winter 2025.
- 27 Jul 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.02 at Perth Winter 2024.
- 27 Jul 2024Three personal bests in one day at Perth Winter 2024.
- 29 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at Perth Autumn 2023.
- 7 May 2022Three personal bests in one day at Rockingham Rapid 2022.
Competitions
- Perth Puzzle Party 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- WA State Championship 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Perth Winter 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024 · 19 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Perth Winter 2024 · 27 Jul 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Perth Puzzle Pyjama Party 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Going Fast in Guildford 2024 · 13 Apr 2024
- Butler Blitz 2023 · 21 Oct 2023
- WA Open 2023 · 26 Aug 2023
- Scarborough Skewb-Off 2023 · 20 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Perth Autumn 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Freo Cube-Off 2023 · 16 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Perth Summer 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2022 · 30 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Rockingham Rapid 2022 · 7 May 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Perth Underground Open 2022 · 29 Jan 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Fremantle Fast Fingers 2021 · 10 Oct 2021 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Amy Smith — met in 111 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Jaxon Foster — met in 107 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Regan Roberts — met in 104 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.02 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
Targets move as he improves.