People · Australia
Thomas Strenzel
3×3 · top 2.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024STRE03
Thomas Strenzel has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.05, set at Cube Against Cancer Brisbane 2026, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 284th in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since June 2024, he has put 318 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.56 in June 2024 to 8.05, a 69% 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 | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.05 | 10.15 | top 2.9% | 284 / 11,943 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.05 | 5.82 | top 3.8% | 177 / 6,109 | |
| 2×2 | 2.27 | 2.95 | top 6.8% | 525 / 8,727 | |
| Megaminx | 1:02.88 | 1:21.00 | top 11.5% | 145 / 1,313 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.55 | 21.06 | top 14.0% | 315 / 2,685 | |
| Skewb | 4.49 | 6.77 | top 14.4% | 382 / 3,589 | |
| 4×4 | 42.07 | 49.40 | top 14.7% | 375 / 3,108 | |
| 5×5 | 1:23.63 | 1:31.30 | top 22.2% | 304 / 1,412 | |
| 6×6 | 2:57.16 | 3:10.10 | early days — 3 solves | 252 / 667 | |
| Clock | 13.83 | 14.47 | top 43.1% | 462 / 1,159 | |
| Square-1 | 28.63 | 38.57 | top 46.9% | 465 / 920 | |
| 7×7 | 4:46.97 | 5:24.69 | top 46.9% | 231 / 540 |
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
- 19 Sep 2026Four personal bests in one day at Take Your Time Brisbane 2026.
- 22 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Speedy Southport 2025.
- 2 Oct 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.57 at Australian Nationals 2025.
- 11 Apr 2025Four personal bests in one day at QLD State Championship 2025.
- 1 Feb 2025First sub-15 3×3: 11.22 at Brisbane Summer 2025.
- 1 Feb 2025Four personal bests in one day at Brisbane Summer 2025.
Competitions
- Take Your Time Brisbane 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Toowoomba Carnival of Cubing 2026 · 8 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Against Cancer Brisbane 2026 · 14 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Speedy Southport 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2025 · 2 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Please Be Finished Brisbane 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Toowoomba Twist Off 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- QLD State Championship 2025 · 11 Apr 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Brisbane Summer 2025 · 1 Feb 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Speedy Southport 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Chilling in Toowoomba 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Queensland Open 2024 · 28 Jun 2024
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.
- Joseph Burnett — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Alexander Tronoff — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Connor Theodore — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.