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Thomas Swarbrick

2×2 · top 2.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018SWAR04

Thomas Swarbrick has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.64, set at Cubing East Auckland Newcomer Open 2026, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 81st in New Zealand. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since December 2018, he has put 1,119 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 48.41 in December 2018 to 11.01, a 77% improvement. Thomas has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.8% of 186,767 all-time
1.64
signature single · Cubing East Auckland Newcomer Open 2026
1,119
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
2×21.644.14
top 2.8%81 / 1,615
Pyraminx3.225.65
top 4.4%78 / 1,141
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves38.00
top 8.0%12 / 111
3×311.0114.00
top 10.5%226 / 2,095
Clock7.909.50
top 14.8%69 / 303
Skewb4.786.73
top 16.5%132 / 666
4×443.8346.78
top 16.8%122 / 722
5×51:24.521:33.07
top 22.8%95 / 355
Megaminx1:29.221:39.10
top 27.7%99 / 283
Square-120.4028.18
top 28.9%89 / 251
3×3 one-handed25.5332.72
top 35.6%196 / 600
6×62:57.923:11.96
top 40.1%80 / 149
7×74:36.104:50.48
top 43.2%68 / 126
3×3 blindfolded4:22.22—
top 72.9%72 / 86
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 26:21—
early days — 2 solves46 / 49

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

New Zealand Nationals 2018: 48.41NxNZ 2019: 19.93New Zealand Nationals 2019: 20.57Auckland Summer Open 2020: 18.16New Zealand Nationals 2020: 16.99A New Year in Auckland 2021: 18.75Popping Off Pukekohe A 2022: 15.67New Zealand Nationals 2022: 16.12A New Year in Hamilton 2023: 14.76Auckland Mid-Year Madness 2023: 14.60Stevenage April 2024: 11.75Max Speed Milford 2024: 14.34A New Year in Auckland 2025: 15.07Sqauckland 2025: 12.25Auckland Autumn 2025: 16.03Puzzling Papatoetoe 2025: 13.21Milford Winter Warm Up 2025: 16.32Coping in Auckland 2025: 15.452x2 in Tāmaki Makaurau 2025: 13.51Beachside Auckland 2025: 13.06New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2025: 11.59New Zealand Nationals 2025: 11.75A New Year in Auckland 2026: 13.81NZ North Island Championship 2026: 12.05Cubing East Auckland Newcomer Open 2026: 12.96Auckland Winter Open 2026: 11.0111.0148.4114 Dec 201820 Jun 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.

  • Brandon Harris — met in 239 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
  • Elyas Eyou — met in 207 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
  • Levi Eyou — met in 186 rounds, finished ahead 28 times

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.22 away.

Targets move as he improves.