People · United Kingdom
Thomas Walter
3×3 · top 6.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023WALT01
Thomas Walter has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.49, set at Edinburgh Winter 2026, puts him in the top 6.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 460th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since January 2023, he has put 401 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.43 in January 2023 to 9.49, a 34% improvement. Thomas has entered 13 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 | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.49 | 12.56 | top 6.1% | 460 / 6,689 | |
| 2×2 | 2.27 | 4.17 | top 6.8% | 477 / 4,895 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.39 | 37.91 | top 35.2% | 628 / 1,851 | |
| 4×4 | 59.52 | 1:02.93 | top 36.0% | 800 / 2,071 | |
| 5×5 | 2:11.08 | 2:21.57 | top 56.1% | 692 / 1,151 | |
| Pyraminx | 15.17 | 20.75 | top 82.4% | 3,189 / 3,656 |
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
- 24 Jan 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.49 at Edinburgh Winter 2026.
- 15 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Edinburgh Summer 2023.
- 27 Jan 2023First competition: Glasgow Winter 2023. A 14.43 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Farewell Strathclyde University 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Falkirk Open 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Edinburgh Winter 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Edinburgh Autumn 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Glasgow NxN Day 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025 · 30 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Edinburgh Winter 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Aberdeen Autumn 2023 · 4 Nov 2023
- North Highlands Summer 2023 · 29 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Edinburgh Summer 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Glasgow Spring 2023 · 26 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Edinburgh Spring 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Glasgow Winter 2023 · 27 Jan 2023
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.
- Bella Campbell — met in 80 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ryan Eckersley — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Shiraz Malik — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.49 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
Targets move as he improves.