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Thomas Valles

3×3 · top 2.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2013 · 2013VALL03

Thomas Valles has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.52, set at Caltech Winter 2016, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,190th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 51 competitions since July 2013, he has put 1,689 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.86 in July 2013 to 7.52, a 53% improvement. Thomas has entered 51 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.0% of 284,439 all-time
7.52
signature single · Caltech Winter 2016
1,689
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.529.55
top 2.0%1,190 / 59,724
Square-17.9711.74
top 3.0%219 / 6,743
4×431.6137.35
top 3.9%629 / 19,072
2×21.983.57
top 4.6%1,844 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed13.7217.54
top 5.6%780 / 15,683
Megaminx57.941:03.52
top 8.9%613 / 7,841
3×3 Fewest Moves28 moves35.67
top 9.9%229 / 2,040
5×51:13.481:18.05
top 14.2%1,085 / 9,401
Skewb4.667.20
top 15.6%2,454 / 18,907
3×3 blindfolded1:16.561:49.85
top 18.3%351 / 2,092
Clock10.1712.15
top 25.9%1,996 / 8,927
6×62:54.303:10.86
top 38.2%1,381 / 4,196
7×74:22.534:45.40
top 38.5%1,078 / 3,184
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 16:13—
top 50.2%380 / 731
Pyraminx14.3516.62
top 79.3%23,501 / 28,708

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

World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 15.86Antelope Valley Fall 2013: 15.52Caltech Fall Open 2013: 15.90Caltech Winter Open 2014: 12.47Caltech Spring Open 2014: 11.41Newport Cube Day 2014: 11.13US Nationals 2014: 15.19Nisei Week 2014: 11.31Antelope Valley Fall 2014: 11.08Newport Winter Open 2014: 9.36St. Francis Winter Open 2015: 9.81Caltech Winter Open 2015: 10.47SoCal Supercomp 2015: 10.59US Nationals 2015: 10.04Nisei Week 2015: 9.99Irvine Fall 2015: 9.44Nub Open 2016: 8.18Caltech Winter 2016: 7.52Newport Spring 2016: 9.68US Nationals 2016: 9.32Nisei Week 2016: 8.83Caltech Winter 2017: 8.20Qualifornia 2017: 10.38CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 10.81Nisei Week 2017: 9.74Newport Fall 2017: 9.00Poly Cubed 2017: 9.25Cerritos Open 2018: 8.87A Bruin Cube Day 2018: 9.21CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 9.08Nisei Week 2018: 10.35Anaheim Fall 2018: 9.83Another Bruin Cube Day 2019: 7.94CubingUSA Western Championship 2019: 9.15Nisei Week 2019: 9.60West LA Winter 2020: 9.45WCC Western Championship 2022: 9.29Cozy Cubing Poway 2023: 9.26Oak Valley Winter A 2023: 8.87A Bruin Cube Day Spring 2023: 8.59UCSD Spring 2023: 9.05UCSD For Hemophilia 2023: 9.10Catalina Cube Mixer 2024: 9.11Nub Open Lake Forest 2024: 8.30UCLA Summer 2025: 8.607.5215.9026 Jul 201320 Jul 2025

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.52 away.
  • A sub-6 Square-1 single — 201 people have one; it is 1.97 away.

Targets move as he improves.