People · United States
Thomas Rond
3×3 Fewest Moves · top 2.2% of 12,294 all-time · competing since January 2004 · 2004ROND01
Thomas Rond has been competing for 23 years. His best event is the 3×3 Fewest Moves: a personal-best single of 22 moves, set at SCU V: Monday Night FMC 2026, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 12,294 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 57th in the United States. Across 19 competitions since January 2004, he has put 230 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.58 in January 2004 to 18.01, a 48% improvement. Thomas has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 22 moves | 34.67 | top 2.2% | 57 / 2,040 | |
| 3×3 | 18.01 | 21.05 | top 34.1% | 19,021 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 5.68 | 8.31 | top 47.4% | 19,185 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.87 | 14.29 | top 52.0% | 15,134 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:16.71 | 1:31.83 | top 53.1% | 9,029 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 18.66 | 21.39 | top 60.7% | 5,121 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 42.55 | 49.82 | top 68.8% | 9,852 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 2:42.07 | 2:53.38 | top 71.4% | 6,291 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 2:57.49 | 3:05.93 | top 73.3% | 5,711 / 7,841 | |
| Square-1 | 51.02 | 1:05.00 | top 77.0% | 5,101 / 6,743 | |
| Skewb | 14.91 | 19.36 | top 78.0% | 14,894 / 18,907 | |
| 6×6 | 5:08.09 | 5:36.86 | top 83.1% | 3,357 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 7:38.50 | 8:02.91 | top 85.7% | 2,726 / 3,184 |
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 Mar 2025Four personal bests in one day at Yuba City Spring 2025.
- 7 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at South Bay Weeknight Brain Freeze 4 2024.
- 22 Jun 2024Four personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024.
- 3 Apr 2022First sub-20 3×3: 19.74 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 29 PM 2022.
- 27 Mar 2022First sub-30 3×3: 22.35 at SacCubing XI 2022.
- 24 Jan 2004First competition: Caltech Winter competition 2004. A 34.58 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- SCU V: Monday Night FMC 2026 · 20 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- FMC World 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- SCU III: FMC Triple-Scoop 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- SCU II: Double-Scoop of FMC 2025 · 17 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Yuba City Spring 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Bay Area Slowcubin' 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 66 - Belmont 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 64 LIVE - SSF 2024 · 8 Sep 2024
- South Bay Weeknight Brain Freeze 4 2024 · 7 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 62 LIVE - SSF 2024 · 26 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- South Bay Weeknight Brain Freeze 3 2024 · 22 May 2024
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 61 - San Jose 2024 · 27 Apr 2024
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 60 - Mountain View 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- BASC 56 - Bay Area Side Events Day 2024 · 24 Feb 2024
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 29 PM 2022 · 3 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
- SacCubing XI 2022 · 27 Mar 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' Summer 2013 · 24 Aug 2013
- Caltech Winter competition 2004 · 24 Jan 2004
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.
- Calvin Nielson — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead once
- Kenji Gipson-Nahman — met in 40 rounds, never finished ahead
- Rahul Bollini — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.01 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
Targets move as he improves.