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Thomas Kilbey

Pyraminx · top 3.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2021 · 2021KILB01

Thomas Kilbey has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.79, set at Cubing East Auckland Newcomer Open 2026, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 63rd in New Zealand. Until October 2010, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since August 2021, he has put 1,185 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.71 in August 2021 to 10.83, a 45% improvement. Thomas has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 3.0% of 129,321 all-time
2.79
signature single · Cubing East Auckland Newcomer Open 2026
1,185
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
Pyraminx2.796.19
top 3.0%63 / 1,141
2×21.924.41
top 4.2%105 / 1,615
3×310.8313.41
top 10.0%217 / 2,095
3×3 one-handed17.6727.30
top 14.2%94 / 600
Square-114.6024.15
top 15.5%46 / 251
Skewb4.758.14
top 16.3%129 / 666
4×447.4155.02
top 21.4%153 / 722
Clock9.8411.83
top 24.3%93 / 303
Megaminx1:26.331:43.61
top 25.8%94 / 283
5×51:52.432:06.81
top 44.3%153 / 355
6×65:16.22—
early days — 2 solves130 / 149
7×78:26.01—
early days — 1 solve118 / 126

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

NZ North Island Championship 2021: 19.71Popping Off Pukekohe A 2022: 14.02Twisty Taranaki 2022: 12.98Three Rounds Whangarei 2022: 13.64New Zealand Nationals 2022: 12.99A New Year in Hamilton 2023: 12.52Auckland Autumn 2023: 12.79Auckland Mid-Year Madness 2023: 11.97Tauranga Open 2023: 12.59NZ North Island Championship 2023: 11.37Beachside Auckland 2024: 12.81Auckland Matariki Open 2024: 12.58Clauckland 2024: 11.60South Auckland Side Events 2024: 11.70New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2024: 14.17Max Speed Milford 2024: 10.83A New Year in Auckland 2025: 13.04Sqauckland 2025: 12.79Coping in Auckland 2025: 12.532x2 in Tāmaki Makaurau 2025: 11.77Drury Summer 2025: 12.17New Zealand Nationals 2025: 14.08NZ North Island Championship 2026: 13.07Cubing East Auckland Newcomer Open 2026: 13.08GAN New Zealand Nationals 2026: 12.6310.8319.7113 Aug 202110 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.92 away.

Targets move as he improves.