People · Australia
Thomas Curnow
3×3 · top 3.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017CURN01
Thomas Curnow has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.50, set at Melbourne Mini Sunday 2022, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 356th in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since May 2017, he has put 314 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.77 in May 2017 to 8.50, a 72% improvement. Thomas has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 8.50 | 10.28 | top 3.7% | 356 / 11,709 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.55 | 5.15 | top 5.7% | 254 / 5,993 | |
| 2×2 | 2.15 | 3.53 | top 5.8% | 422 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.50 | 32.18 | top 30.1% | 684 / 2,659 | |
| 4×4 | 57.49 | 1:10.08 | top 33.7% | 882 / 3,051 | |
| Skewb | 8.64 | 12.06 | top 46.0% | 1,438 / 3,534 | |
| Megaminx | 2:43.62 | — | top 67.6% | 875 / 1,277 | |
| 5×5 | 2:37.45 | — | early days — 3 solves | 972 / 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
- 21 Jan 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.48 at Melbourne Summer 2022.
- 19 Dec 2021Four personal bests in one day at December Series: Kensington 2021.
- 23 Jan 2021First sub-15 3×3: 13.24 at Melbourne Summer 2021.
- 23 Jan 2021Six personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2021.
- 25 Jan 2020First sub-30 3×3: 19.15 at Melbourne Summer 2020.
- 25 Jan 2020First sub-20 3×3: 19.15 at Melbourne Summer 2020.
Competitions
- Victorian Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- St Oliver's Speedy Saturday 2023 · 20 May 2023
- Kensington Summer Saturday 2023 · 11 Feb 2023
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Mini Sunday 2022 · 6 Mar 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2022 · 21 Jan 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- December Series: Kensington 2021 · 19 Dec 2021 — 4 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2021 · 23 Jan 2021 — 6 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2020 · 25 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Cube for Cambodia 2017 · 7 May 2017
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.
- Emmet Hobbs — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
- Ziqi Ding — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Zach Amiridis — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.