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Thomas Lok Tao Tam
3×3 · top 7.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025TAMT01
Thomas Lok Tao Tam has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.94, set at Melbourne Summer 2025, puts him in the top 7.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 679th in Australia. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since January 2025, he has put 75 official solves on the record across nine events. Thomas has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.94 | 14.48 | top 7.3% | 679 / 11,709 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.27 | 7.72 | top 14.9% | 713 / 5,993 | |
| 2×2 | 4.66 | 6.30 | top 35.0% | 2,748 / 8,567 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.73 | 1:08.15 | top 39.4% | 1,048 / 3,051 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.14 | 39.48 | top 51.5% | 1,205 / 2,659 | |
| Megaminx | 2:13.24 | 2:29.99 | top 52.8% | 652 / 1,277 | |
| 5×5 | 2:41.33 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,005 / 1,356 | |
| 6×6 | 5:42.69 | — | early days — 1 solve | 568 / 641 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 64 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 451 / 468 |
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
- 22 Feb 2025Four personal bests in one day at Spark Melbourne February 2025.
- 24 Jan 2025First competition: Melbourne Summer 2025. A 9.94 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Spark Melbourne February 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2025 · 24 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.
- Aiki Yaginuma (柳沼愛輝) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Gemma Tolhurst — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Nate Leitch — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.94 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
Targets move as he improves.