People · United Kingdom
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.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.89 | 3.53 | top 4.1% | 294 / 4,895 | |
| Clock | 4.93 | 5.95 | top 4.2% | 64 / 1,232 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.10 | 5.15 | top 8.2% | 317 / 3,656 | |
| 3×3 | 10.50 | 12.15 | top 9.0% | 647 / 6,689 | |
| Skewb | 5.06 | 9.12 | top 18.6% | 433 / 2,421 | |
| Square-1 | 16.79 | 24.72 | top 20.5% | 202 / 778 | |
| 5×5 | 1:22.04 | 1:36.09 | top 20.7% | 275 / 1,151 | |
| 4×4 | 47.35 | 49.45 | top 21.3% | 477 / 2,071 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.90 | 31.80 | 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 20 Jan 2024Seven personal bests in one day at Manchester Winter 2024.
- 2 Dec 2023Four personal bests in one day at Liverpool Winter 2023.
- 12 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at North Wales Summer 2023.
- 18 Mar 2023Six personal bests in one day at Bolton Spring 2023.
- 7 May 2022Three personal bests in one day at Wakefield Spring 2022.
- 10 Apr 2022First sub-30 3×3: 14.81 at Farnworth Spring B 2022.
Competitions
- Crewe Spring 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Manchester February 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Manchester Pyraminx Day 2024 · 30 Nov 2024
- Bolton Spring 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Manchester Spring 2024 · 29 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Manchester Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Liverpool Winter 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Wakefield Autumn 2023 · 7 Oct 2023
- North Wales Summer 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Bolton Spring 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Wakefield Spring 2022 · 7 May 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Farnworth Spring B 2022 · 10 Apr 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Wakefield Open 2022 · 29 Jan 2022 — 1 personal best set
- British Summer Open 2019 · 29 Jun 2019
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.
- Luke Burns — met in 116 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Caleb Wolf Dunn — met in 105 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Joel Keenan — met in 103 rounds, finished ahead 38 times
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.