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Thomas Tinlin

Skewb · top 0.2% of 73,281 all-time · competing since March 2020 · 2020TINL01

Thomas Tinlin has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.30, set at Australian Nationals 2026, puts him in the top 0.2% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10th in Australia. Until October 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 53 competitions since March 2020, he has put 2,012 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.04 in March 2020 to 6.85, a 67% improvement. Thomas has entered 53 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 0.2% of 73,281 all-time
1.30
signature single · Australian Nationals 2026
2,012
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
Skewb1.302.59
top 0.2%10 / 3,534
2×20.992.49
top 0.54%59 / 8,567
3×36.858.72
top 1.2%130 / 11,709
4×426.7532.15
top 1.3%30 / 3,051
6×61:35.481:42.18
top 3.0%18 / 641
5×554.1157.73
top 3.1%43 / 1,356
7×72:26.512:42.97
top 3.2%13 / 523
Pyraminx3.495.04
top 5.4%244 / 5,993
Clock5.897.19
top 6.9%91 / 1,095
3×3 one-handed15.2818.48
top 8.7%198 / 2,659
Square-112.2618.28
top 10.4%109 / 899
Megaminx1:08.881:17.16
top 15.0%183 / 1,277
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves37.00
top 20.4%102 / 468

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

Enjoyable Sydney Gathering 2020: 21.04Sydney Re-Open Saturday 2021: 14.04Marrickville Autumn Saturday 2021: 12.28Newcastle Autumn 2021: 13.27NSW Open 2022: 11.13Sydney Winter Sunday 2022: 10.21Marrickville Mini Open PM 2022: 9.57Maitland Spring 2022: 8.40South Coast Spring 2022: 9.46Cubing at The Cube Sunday 2023: 9.19Maitland Winter 2023: 8.54Warm Up Sydney Sunday 2023: 9.55Newcastle Open 2023: 8.42Simple Sydney Saturday 2023: 8.25Sydney Summer 2023: 9.27Cubing at The Cube 2024: 9.27G'day Maitland 2024: 8.36Tramsheds I: Newcomer Sunday 2024: 8.40Goulburn Open 2024: 8.26Tramsheds II: May Sunday 2024: 7.11Kiama Winter 2024: 8.48Puzzling Parramatta 2024: 9.13Cubing in Wollondilly 2024: 7.68Coffs Big Banana Bonanza 2024: 8.56Sydney Spring Sunday 2024: 9.26Maitland Spring 2024: 8.21Cubing at The Cube 2025: 9.15Melbourne Summer 2025: 8.84NSW State Championship 2025: 8.51Lake Macquarie Open 2025: 8.62Tramsheds V: Autumn Sunday 2025: 8.10Tramsheds VI: Winter Saturday 2025: 7.96Australian Capital Territory Championship 2025: 6.85Cubing at The Cube 2026: 7.99Melbourne Summer 2026: 7.99NxNjoyable Sydney Gathering 2026: 7.42Puzzling Parramatta 2026: 7.95Tramsheds IX: June Sunday 2026: 7.43Australian Nationals 2026: 7.94Tramsheds X: Winter Sunday 2026: 8.776.8521.047 Mar 202030 Aug 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.85 away.

Targets move as he improves.