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Tom Damsell-Walker

2×2 · top 4.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019DAMS01

Tom Damsell-Walker has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.89, set at Bolton Spring 2023, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 294th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since June 2019, he has put 654 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.79 in June 2019 to 10.50, a 74% improvement. Tom has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.1% of 186,767 all-time
1.89
signature single · Bolton Spring 2023
654
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 84% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×21.893.53
top 4.1%294 / 4,895
Clock4.935.95
top 4.2%64 / 1,232
Pyraminx4.105.15
top 8.2%317 / 3,656
3×310.5012.15
top 9.0%647 / 6,689
Skewb5.069.12
top 18.6%433 / 2,421
Square-116.7924.72
top 20.5%202 / 778
5×51:22.041:36.09
top 20.7%275 / 1,151
4×447.3549.45
top 21.3%477 / 2,071
3×3 one-handed23.9031.80
top 31.2%571 / 1,851

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

British Summer Open 2019: 40.79Farnworth Spring B 2022: 13.55Wakefield Spring 2022: 13.83Bolton Spring 2023: 12.57North Wales Summer 2023: 11.03Wakefield Autumn 2023: 11.65Liverpool Winter 2023: 10.61Manchester Winter 2024: 10.50Manchester Spring 2024: 12.11Bolton Spring 2024: 10.54Manchester February 2025: 11.72Crewe Spring 2026: 10.7010.5040.7929 Jun 201921 Mar 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
  • A sub-4 Clock single — 741 people have one; it is 0.93 away.

Targets move as he improves.