People · United Kingdom
Tom MacLeod
3×3 · top 5.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022MACL03
Tom MacLeod has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.20, set at Bristol Winter Open 2024, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 404th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since August 2022, he has put 143 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.59 in August 2022 to 9.20, a 13% improvement. Tom has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.20 | 12.81 | top 5.4% | 404 / 6,785 | |
| 2×2 | 3.03 | 5.25 | top 14.6% | 886 / 4,946 | |
| 5×5 | 1:25.31 | 1:38.65 | top 23.7% | 318 / 1,167 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.43 | 28.65 | top 24.5% | 456 / 1,861 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.99 | 1:10.11 | top 38.7% | 860 / 2,112 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.28 | 14.61 | top 47.2% | 1,941 / 3,704 | |
| Megaminx | 2:19.68 | — | early days — 2 solves | 674 / 998 | |
| Skewb | 11.46 | 19.71 | top 63.3% | 1,551 / 2,439 |
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
- 14 Dec 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.20 at Bristol Winter Open 2024.
- 27 Aug 2022First competition: August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2022. A 12.24 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bristol Winter Open 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 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 Wheat — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Thomas Bevan — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yan-Heng Zhang — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.20 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.