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Thomas Patterson

3×3 · top 0.96% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2014 · 2014PATT02

Thomas Patterson has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.63, set at Bristol Winter 2024, puts him in the top 0.96% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 83rd in the United Kingdom. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 60 competitions since July 2014, he has put 2,555 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.67 in July 2014 to 6.63, a 60% improvement. Thomas has entered 60 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.96% of 284,439 all-time
6.63
signature single · Bristol Winter 2024
2,555
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×36.638.38
top 0.96%83 / 6,689
3×3 Multi-Blind37 of 41 cubes · 59:30—
top 1.1%2 / 126
2×21.243.23
top 1.2%93 / 4,895
Megaminx39.1247.77
top 1.4%21 / 966
3×3 blindfolded22.8527.05
top 2.3%10 / 311
Pyraminx2.574.11
top 2.4%88 / 3,656
4×431.5835.99
top 3.8%98 / 2,071
Skewb3.165.45
top 5.8%129 / 2,421
4×4 blindfolded2:42.684:02.76
top 6.5%7 / 84
5×51:04.441:10.23
top 8.0%104 / 1,151
3×3 Fewest Moves28 moves30.00
top 9.9%47 / 372
5×5 blindfolded6:55.64—
top 10.2%6 / 50
3×3 one-handed16.4123.05
top 11.2%219 / 1,851
6×62:17.322:24.48
top 19.1%114 / 548
7×73:31.953:35.90
top 20.4%98 / 459
Square-122.0128.94
top 32.5%295 / 778
Clock11.6614.41
top 33.4%447 / 1,232

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

Welcome To Cambridge 2014: 16.67Cuthberts Open 2014: 16.11Welcome Back to Guildford 2015: 13.18Welwyn Garden City 2015: 13.35UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 13.47North London Open 2016: 11.65Guildford Open 2016: 11.72UK Championship 2016: 12.88London Open 2017: 11.03World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 9.29Guildford Open 2017: 10.25UK Championship 2017: 10.03Guildford Open 2018: 9.08Hastings Open 2018: 10.87August Bank Holiday Competition 2018: 10.15UK Championship 2018: 9.85Fontwell Open 2019: 9.16Warm Up Sydney 2019: 8.33WCA World Championship 2019: 9.60UK Championship 2019: 10.39Stevenage Autumn A 2022: 8.89Kewbz UK Championship 2022: 8.45Guildford Winter 2023: 8.54Wakefield Spring 2023: 8.17Essex Spring 2023: 8.70Stevenage May 2023: 7.74Hampshire Spring 2023: 7.83Peterborough Summer 2023: 7.36Stevenage June 2023: 7.71Stevenage July 2023: 7.67Isle of Wight Summer 2023: 6.86Bolton Summer 2023: 8.29August Bank Holiday Manchester 2023: 8.13Stevenage September 2023: 7.52Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 7.47Stevenage November 2023: 8.12Stevenage January 2024: 7.89Bristol Winter 2024: 6.63Stevenage February 2024: 8.81Hampshire Winter 2024: 7.91Wiltshire March 2024: 7.41Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 7.86Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 7.02Norwich Winter 2024: 8.41Peterborough Odd Day 2025: 7.90Rubik's UK Championship 2025: 8.13Bristol August 2025: 8.10Corby Autumn 2025: 7.94Kewbz UK Championship 2026: 7.526.6316.6712 Jul 201428 Aug 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.24 away.

Targets move as he improves.