People · Canada
Tobin Lancaster
2×2 · top 5.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024LANC02
Tobin Lancaster has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.12, set at Ottawa Spring 2026, puts him in the top 5.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 356th in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since March 2024, he has put 190 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.90 in March 2024 to 11.24, a 51% improvement. Tobin 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 | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.12 | 4.44 | top 5.6% | 356 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 | 11.24 | 13.74 | top 11.2% | 1,054 / 10,392 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.64 | 8.90 | top 17.4% | 705 / 4,858 | |
| Clock | 10.89 | 15.10 | top 29.6% | 265 / 1,029 | |
| 4×4 | 1:03.35 | 1:13.62 | top 40.0% | 1,078 / 3,118 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.11 | 42.99 | top 44.6% | 1,023 / 2,620 |
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
- 12 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Ottawa Spring 2026.
- 3 May 2025First sub-15 3×3: 11.33 at Ottawa Spring 2025.
- 3 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Ottawa Spring 2025.
- 29 Jun 2024First sub-20 3×3: 17.91 at Carleton Place Summer 2024.
- 24 Mar 2024First competition: Ajax 3x3x3 Newcomers A 2024. A 23.34 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ottawa Spring 2026 · 12 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Ottawa 3x3x3 Winter A 2026 · 9 Jan 2026
- Ottawa Side Events B 2025 · 19 Oct 2025
- Gouverneur Summer 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Open de Gatineau 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ottawa Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Ottawa Mini Winter A 2025 · 10 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Ottawa 3x3x3 Fall A 2024 · 25 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Gouverneur Quick & Quiet 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ottawa Summer 2024 · 27 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Carleton Place Summer 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Ottawa Spring 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ajax 3x3x3 Newcomers A 2024 · 24 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Rémi Chrétien — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Twyla Renée McElroy — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Jonathan Proulx — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.24 away.
Targets move as he improves.