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Thomas Yeates

Skewb · top 3.3% of 73,281 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024YEAT01

Thomas Yeates has been competing for a year. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.62, set at Queensland Open 2026, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 111th in Australia. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since November 2024, he has put 422 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 6 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.98 in November 2024 to 11.91, a 59% improvement. Thomas has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 3.3% of 73,281 all-time
2.62
signature single · Queensland Open 2026
422
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
Skewb2.623.27
top 3.3%111 / 3,534
2×22.574.09
top 9.6%728 / 8,567
Clock6.769.40
top 10.1%120 / 1,095
3×311.9116.14
top 13.6%1,203 / 11,709
5×51:15.561:32.56
top 15.8%211 / 1,356
Pyraminx5.417.03
top 15.8%768 / 5,993
3×3 blindfolded1:17.021:43.93
top 18.5%96 / 394
Megaminx1:21.581:30.77
top 22.9%280 / 1,277
4×452.2056.66
top 27.4%712 / 3,051
Square-119.8126.75
top 27.6%265 / 899
6×62:38.232:55.31
top 29.8%177 / 641
3×3 one-handed25.8329.91
top 36.4%831 / 2,659
7×74:22.574:52.50
top 38.6%186 / 523
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 15:37—
early days — 1 solve89 / 180
4×4 blindfolded18:57.00—
early days — 1 solve85 / 96
3×3 Fewest Moves56 moves61.33
early days — 3 solves413 / 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

Speedy Southport 2024: 28.98Brisbane Summer 2025: 18.78Brisbane Newcomers 2025: 20.33QLD State Championship 2025: 15.79Toowoomba Twist Off 2025: 17.26Coffs Big Banana Bonanza 2025: 14.64Australian Nationals 2025: 15.03Speedy Southport 2025: 16.31Cube Against Cancer Brisbane 2026: 11.91Queensland Open 2026: 12.7611.9128.9816 Nov 202427 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.57 away.

Targets move as he improves.