People · United Kingdom
Thomas Plews
3×3 · top 4.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022PLEW01
Thomas Plews has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.86, set at Stevenage April 2024, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 359th in the United Kingdom. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since July 2022, he has put 551 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Thomas has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.86 | 10.94 | top 4.5% | 359 / 6,689 | |
| 5×5 | 1:13.78 | 1:24.24 | top 14.4% | 189 / 1,151 | |
| 2×2 | 3.19 | 5.32 | top 16.5% | 956 / 4,895 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.56 | 8.29 | top 16.8% | 653 / 3,656 | |
| 4×4 | 44.49 | 48.38 | top 17.6% | 404 / 2,071 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.23 | 29.81 | top 26.7% | 484 / 1,851 | |
| 7×7 | 3:49.36 | 4:11.96 | top 27.0% | 132 / 459 | |
| 6×6 | 2:34.55 | 2:56.79 | top 28.0% | 169 / 548 | |
| Clock | 12.38 | 15.74 | top 36.8% | 497 / 1,232 | |
| Skewb | 17.01 | 20.77 | top 84.0% | 2,048 / 2,421 |
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
- 16 Sep 2023Five personal bests in one day at Stevenage September 2023.
- 24 Sep 2022Four personal bests in one day at Stevenage Autumn A 2022.
- 9 Jul 2022First competition: Stevenage Summer 2022. A 11.00 3×3 single to start from.
- 9 Jul 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.64 at Stevenage Summer 2022.
Competitions
- Stevenage January 2026 · 10 Jan 2026
- Stevenage 10th Anniversary 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024
- Stevenage October 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage August 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage May 2024 · 11 May 2024
- Stevenage April 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage February 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023
- Stevenage September 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Mind Sports Olympiad Cubing 2023 · 24 Aug 2023
- Kewbz UK Championship 2022 · 28 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage Autumn A 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Stevenage Summer 2022 · 9 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Felix Hincks — met in 104 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Murad Asgarov — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Oliver Wheat — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
- A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,252 people have one; it is 13.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.