People · United Kingdom
Thomas Nettleship
2×2 · top 3.4% of 189,179 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018NETT01
Thomas Nettleship has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.76, set at Chippenham Autumn 2022, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 253rd in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since October 2018, he has put 341 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.10 in October 2018 to 8.46, a 56% improvement. Thomas has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.76 | 4.11 | top 3.4% | 253 / 4,946 | |
| 3×3 | 8.46 | 11.34 | top 3.7% | 304 / 6,785 | |
| Skewb | 4.03 | 8.29 | top 11.2% | 255 / 2,439 | |
| Square-1 | 14.08 | 23.71 | top 14.4% | 149 / 789 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.24 | 9.16 | top 21.8% | 858 / 3,704 | |
| 4×4 | 1:05.95 | 1:17.96 | top 42.9% | 944 / 2,112 | |
| 5×5 | 2:49.96 | — | early days — 2 solves | 942 / 1,167 | |
| Clock | 32.72 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,125 / 1,255 |
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
- 8 Oct 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.71 at Chippenham Autumn 2022.
- 8 Oct 2022Five personal bests in one day at Chippenham Autumn 2022.
- 30 Apr 2022Five personal bests in one day at Stevenage Spring 2022.
- 8 Jun 2019Three personal bests in one day at High Wycombe Open 2019.
- 20 Apr 2019First sub-15 3×3: 11.60 at Lincoln Open 2019.
- 26 Oct 2018First competition: UK Championship 2018. A 19.10 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Eretum 2: Chocolate Edition 2026 · 4 Apr 2026
- Rubik's UK Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023
- Wiltshire Autumn 2023 · 9 Sep 2023
- Wiltshire Winter 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Kewbz UK Championship 2022 · 28 Oct 2022
- Chippenham Autumn 2022 · 8 Oct 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Stevenage Autumn B 2022 · 1 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage Spring 2022 · 30 Apr 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- UK Championship 2019 · 25 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- High Wycombe Open 2019 · 8 Jun 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Lincoln Open 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- UK Championship 2018 · 26 Oct 2018
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.
- Ben Stokes — met in 65 rounds, never finished ahead
- Cham J. Chambers — met in 61 rounds, never finished ahead
- Billie Hammill — met in 51 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.