People · United States
Tom McLaughlin
Pyraminx · top 39.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025MCLA01
Tom McLaughlin has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 8.34, set at LCCC Cubing Summer 2026, puts him in the top 39.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,189th in the United States. Across 11 competitions since January 2025, he has put 151 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one; 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 49.16 in January 2025 to 35.47, a 28% 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 8.34 | 12.84 | top 39.2% | 11,189 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 16.45 | 21.87 | top 53.5% | 4,415 / 8,927 | |
| 2×2 | 7.84 | 11.97 | top 66.8% | 27,583 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 35.47 | 41.99 | top 71.2% | 43,129 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 16.22 | 26.80 | top 82.0% | 15,706 / 18,907 |
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
- 11 Jan 2025First competition: Pop Off Princeton 2025. A 49.16 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Mid-Atlantic Warm-Up 2026 · 9 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- LCCC Cubing Summer 2026 · 6 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- New Providence Spring PM 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- PBs in Palisades Open 2026 · 21 Feb 2026
- Fort Lee Winter 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025 · 30 Aug 2025
- Bucks County Cubing AM 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- New-Cumberland County 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Puzzles in Pottsville 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Pop Off Princeton 2025 · 11 Jan 2025
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.
- Adam McLaughlin — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zach Ridall — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ryan Kern — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
- A sub-15 Clock single — 15,373 people have one; it is 1.45 away.
Targets move as he improves.