People · United Kingdom
Tom Milner-Moore
2×2 · top 3.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023MILN06
Tom Milner-Moore has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.69, set at Stevenage April 2025, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 225th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since May 2023, he has put 292 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 10.54 in May 2023 to 1.69, an 84% 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 Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.69 | 4.88 | top 3.0% | 225 / 4,895 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.25 | 6.77 | top 14.8% | 565 / 3,656 | |
| Skewb | 4.87 | 10.48 | top 17.2% | 406 / 2,421 | |
| 3×3 | 14.04 | 17.19 | top 21.1% | 1,420 / 6,689 | |
| 4×4 | 1:30.21 | 1:41.74 | top 63.7% | 1,396 / 2,071 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 41.66 | 57.66 | top 67.6% | 1,165 / 1,851 | |
| Clock | 22.65 | — | top 71.7% | 896 / 1,232 | |
| 5×5 | 3:07.90 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,004 / 1,151 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 1 Nov 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.04 at Rubik's UK Championship 2024.
- 31 Aug 2024Five personal bests in one day at Kewbz UK Open 2024.
- 10 Feb 2024First sub-20 3×3: 17.11 at Stevenage February 2024.
- 19 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at Norwich Summer 2023.
- 27 May 2023First competition: Hampshire Spring 2023. A 28.94 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wiltshire Winter 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage 10th Anniversary 2025 · 8 Nov 2025
- Rubik's UK Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025
- Stevenage April 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Kewbz UK Open 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Stevenage August 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage February 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Kent Autumn 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Norwich Summer 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Hampshire Spring 2023 · 27 May 2023
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.
- Harry Allen — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead once
- Joe Milner-Moore — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 50 times · head to head
- James Kyoichi Curry (ジェイムス 恭一) — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.