People · United States
Thomas Brinkerhoff
3×3 · top 1.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025BRIN01
Thomas Brinkerhoff has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.06, set at Skewbing Spectacle AZ 2026, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 878th in the United States. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since January 2025, he has put 145 official solves on the record across seven 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 10.79 in January 2025 to 7.06, a 35% improvement. Thomas has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.06 | 9.32 | top 1.4% | 878 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 1.44 | 2.15 | top 1.9% | 771 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.66 | 7.31 | top 11.2% | 2,962 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 39.83 | 44.84 | top 12.0% | 1,799 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.74 | 19.36 | top 12.0% | 1,581 / 15,900 | |
| Skewb | 4.18 | 6.68 | top 12.2% | 1,920 / 19,164 | |
| 7×7 | 5:03.11 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,530 / 3,236 |
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
- 10 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at Skewbing Spectacle AZ 2026.
- 18 Jul 2025Six personal bests in one day at Tooele Open A 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.73 at Utah Newcomers 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Utah Newcomers 2025.
- 25 Jan 2025First competition: Utah Ice Cubing 2025. A 10.79 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Skewbing Spectacle AZ 2026 · 10 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Tooele Open A 2025 · 18 Jul 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Utah Newcomers 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Utah Ice Cubing 2025 · 25 Jan 2025
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.
- Wilson Hettinger — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Cade Beck — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Elliot Pimentel — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.06 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.