People · Switzerland
Tom Bourban
2×2 · top 3.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025BOUR02
Tom Bourban has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.79, set at Swisscubing Cup I 2026, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 53rd in Switzerland. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since March 2025, he has put 465 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.65 in March 2025 to 8.94, a 29% improvement. Tom has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Switzerland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.79 | 3.84 | top 3.5% | 53 / 913 | |
| 3×3 | 8.94 | 11.24 | top 4.7% | 58 / 1,197 | |
| 4×4 | 38.81 | 42.19 | top 10.7% | 45 / 462 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.72 | 6.59 | top 11.5% | 97 / 655 | |
| 5×5 | 1:12.50 | 1:19.39 | top 13.4% | 33 / 266 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.53 | 25.93 | top 19.2% | 69 / 367 | |
| 6×6 | 2:23.20 | 2:37.82 | top 22.1% | 25 / 141 | |
| 7×7 | 3:59.37 | 4:03.62 | top 30.4% | 31 / 118 | |
| Megaminx | 1:40.92 | 1:55.94 | top 35.1% | 76 / 207 | |
| Skewb | 8.84 | 15.13 | top 47.4% | 214 / 388 | |
| Clock | 24.85 | — | early days — 3 solves | 171 / 226 |
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 Apr 2026Six personal bests in one day at Bursins Goes Fast 2026.
- 17 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Swisscubing Cup I 2026.
- 6 Dec 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.17 at Swisscubing Cup Final 2025.
- 6 Dec 2025Four personal bests in one day at Swisscubing Cup Final 2025.
- 20 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Neyruz Open 2025.
- 14 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at La Clock-de-Fonds 2025.
Competitions
- Lavey-Vous les Mains 2026 · 20 Jun 2026
- Bursins Goes Fast 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup I 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup Final 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Neyruz Open 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- La Clock-de-Fonds 2025 · 14 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- La Côte Open 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Swiss Nationals 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Back to Geneva 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Martigny Open 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Romandie Rookies 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 3 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.
- Benjamin Wirahpati — met in 91 rounds, never finished ahead
- Levin Houghton — met in 82 rounds, never finished ahead
- Lucas Hart — met in 78 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
Targets move as he improves.