People · Australia
Toby Drew
3×3 · top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023DREW01
Toby Drew has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.86, set at Melbourne Summer 2026, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 251st in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since January 2023, he has put 686 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.42 in January 2023 to 7.86, a 66% improvement. Toby has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 7.86 | 10.17 | top 2.5% | 251 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 1.72 | 2.62 | top 3.2% | 259 / 8,567 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.37 | 4.49 | top 5.0% | 220 / 5,993 | |
| Clock | 6.01 | 6.59 | top 7.3% | 95 / 1,095 | |
| Skewb | 3.90 | 6.16 | top 10.2% | 265 / 3,534 | |
| 4×4 | 39.73 | 42.56 | top 11.8% | 304 / 3,051 | |
| 5×5 | 1:16.72 | 1:24.16 | top 16.6% | 219 / 1,356 | |
| Megaminx | 1:16.10 | 1:21.95 | top 19.3% | 229 / 1,277 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.88 | 28.99 | top 31.2% | 712 / 2,659 |
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
- 9 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Australian Nationals 2026.
- 11 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at West Melbourne Open 2026.
- 24 Jan 2026Six personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2026.
- 11 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at The Big Cube Melbourne 2025.
- 26 Jul 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.43 at Spark Melbourne July 2025.
- 26 Jul 2025Five personal bests in one day at Spark Melbourne July 2025.
Competitions
- Australian Nationals 2026 · 9 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- West Melbourne Open 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- North-East Melbourne March Saturday 2026 · 7 Mar 2026
- Melbourne Summer 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- The Big Cube Melbourne 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Spark Melbourne July 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- VIC State Championship 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Spark Melbourne February 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2025 · 24 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Spark Melbourne Spring Saturday 2024 · 5 Oct 2024
- The Big Cube Melbourne 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Altona Algorithms 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2024 · 19 Jan 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cubing for Kids Sunday 2023 · 27 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Victorian Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2023 · 20 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Oliver Drew — met in 152 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Jacob Joshi — met in 138 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 138 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.86 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.