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Thomas Wood
3×3 · top 7.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2021 · 2021WOOD01
Thomas Wood has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.91, set at Brisbane Summer 2023, puts him in the top 7.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 673rd in Australia. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since January 2021, he has put 243 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.81 in January 2021 to 9.91, a 66% 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 | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.91 | 13.60 | top 7.2% | 673 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 2.84 | 5.59 | top 12.4% | 942 / 8,567 | |
| Skewb | 6.36 | 12.16 | top 28.6% | 783 / 3,534 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.20 | 31.30 | top 37.3% | 858 / 2,659 | |
| Clock | 15.15 | 16.60 | top 48.5% | 504 / 1,095 | |
| 4×4 | 1:17.50 | — | top 53.8% | 1,490 / 3,051 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.95 | 15.20 | top 60.2% | 3,540 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 58 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 426 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 4 Feb 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.91 at Brisbane Summer 2023.
- 15 Dec 2022Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022.
- 25 Jun 2022Three personal bests in one day at Brisbane's 20 in 21 in 2022.
- 8 Jan 2022First sub-20 3×3: 15.62 at Northside Duology Part 2 2022.
- 8 Jan 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.06 at Northside Duology Part 2 2022.
- 8 Jan 2022Four personal bests in one day at Northside Duology Part 2 2022.
Competitions
- Australian Nationals 2023 · 28 Sep 2023
- U Cube at UQ Saturday 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Queensland Open 2023 · 8 Jul 2023
- Runaway Bay May Saturday 2023 · 27 May 2023
- Please Be Quiet Brisbane 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Brisbane Summer 2023 · 4 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Northside Spring Saturday 2022 · 26 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Runaway Bay Sunday Challenge 2022 · 4 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Queensland Open 2022 · 23 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Brisbane's 20 in 21 in 2022 · 25 Jun 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Northside Duology Part 2 2022 · 8 Jan 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Brisbane Is Back On 2021 · 16 Jan 2021
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.
- Jamie Otsu — met in 51 rounds, never finished ahead
- Vaibhav-Jai Ravipati — met in 51 rounds, never finished ahead
- Avery Graham — met in 48 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.91 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
Targets move as he improves.