People · Australia
Thomas Smith
Pyraminx · top 1.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018SMIT25
Thomas Smith has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.96, set at Australian Nationals 2025, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 60th in Australia. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since June 2018, he has put 1,084 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.71 in June 2018 to 7.21, a 38% improvement. Thomas has entered 22 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 | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.96 | 2.81 | top 1.1% | 60 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 | 7.21 | 8.93 | top 1.6% | 178 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 1.52 | 2.78 | top 2.2% | 184 / 8,567 | |
| 4×4 | 28.94 | 33.02 | top 2.2% | 56 / 3,051 | |
| 5×5 | 1:04.59 | 1:13.39 | top 8.1% | 109 / 1,356 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.31 | 21.20 | top 10.9% | 248 / 2,659 | |
| Skewb | 4.96 | 6.79 | top 17.8% | 461 / 3,534 | |
| Megaminx | 1:14.86 | 1:27.64 | top 18.6% | 220 / 1,277 | |
| Square-1 | 23.09 | 27.97 | top 34.9% | 337 / 899 |
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
- 2 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Australian Nationals 2025.
- 16 Jan 2021Seven personal bests in one day at Brisbane Is Back On 2021.
- 11 Jan 2020First sub-10 3×3: 9.91 at Northside Cube Days 2020.
- 6 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at Koalafication Brisbane 2019.
- 12 Jan 2019Three personal bests in one day at Northside Cube Day 2019.
- 30 Jun 2018First competition: Brisbane Winter 2018. A 11.71 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Toowoomba Carnival of Cubing 2026 · 8 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Queensland Open 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Against Cancer Brisbane 2026 · 14 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Speedy Southport 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Australian Nationals 2025 · 2 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Toowoomba Twist Off 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- QLD State Championship 2025 · 11 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Brisbane Newcomers 2025 · 2 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Brisbane Summer 2025 · 1 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- MarsdeNxN 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Queensland Open 2024 · 28 Jun 2024
- Cubing in Corinda Saturday 2024 · 9 Mar 2024
- QUT Qube Challenge Sunday 2023 · 26 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2023 · 28 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- U Cube at UQ Saturday 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Brisbane Autumn 2022 · 2 Apr 2022
- Northside Duology Part 2 2022 · 8 Jan 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Brisbane Is Back On 2021 · 16 Jan 2021 — 7 personal bests set
- Northside Cube Days 2020 · 11 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Koalafication Brisbane 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Northside Cube Day 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Brisbane Winter 2018 · 30 Jun 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.
- Vaibhav-Jai Ravipati — met in 150 rounds, finished ahead 53 times
- Jamie Otsu — met in 144 rounds, finished ahead 42 times
- Hao Do — met in 141 rounds, finished ahead 70 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.21 away.
Targets move as he improves.