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Tom Noble

3×3 · top 2.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2019 · 2019NOBL01

Tom Noble has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.03, set at Hobart Autumn 2026, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 279th in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 81 competitions since February 2019, he has put 2,742 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.07 in February 2019 to 8.03, a 53% improvement. Tom has entered 81 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.8% of 284,439 all-time
8.03
signature single · Hobart Autumn 2026
2,742
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×38.0310.08
top 2.8%279 / 11,709
2×21.663.23
top 2.9%233 / 8,567
Skewb2.554.73
top 3.1%108 / 3,534
Pyraminx3.336.78
top 4.8%212 / 5,993
3×3 one-handed15.7121.39
top 9.6%219 / 2,659
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves37.00
top 12.2%56 / 468
5×51:11.891:23.81
top 13.0%176 / 1,356
4×440.7547.68
top 13.0%324 / 3,051
Megaminx1:09.731:19.03
top 15.5%189 / 1,277
6×62:17.392:28.39
top 19.2%108 / 641
Clock9.1412.74
top 20.7%236 / 1,095
7×73:44.053:50.43
top 24.8%112 / 523
3×3 blindfolded2:37.55—
top 45.6%197 / 394
Square-130.1346.00
top 49.6%487 / 899

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

Brilliant Ballarat 2019: 17.07Cube for Cambodia 2019: 20.18Koalafication Melbourne 2019: 16.08Horsham 2019: 18.53Altona Algorithms 2019: 15.52Puzzling Pakenham 2019: 14.63Melbourne Cube Days 2019: 15.40Melbourne Summer 2020: 13.82Bendigo Cube Blitz 2020: 11.58Turn Around Tassie 2020: 12.05Barwon Cube for the Kids 2021: 10.48December Series: Kensington 2021: 10.55Brilliant Ballarat 2022: 11.84Melbourne Mini Sunday 2022: 10.83Wonderful Williamstown 2022: 10.33Victorian Open 2022: 10.78Bay Area Speedcubin' 34 - San Ramon 2022: 9.45Koalafication Melbourne 2022: 10.14Melbourne Cube Days 2022: 10.59Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 11.19Melbourne Summer 2023: 10.72Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023: 9.90Apollo Bay Cubing 2023: 11.85Victorian Open 2023: 10.20Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 12.80Cranbourne Spring Sunday 2023: 11.23Cubing with Penguins by Phillip Island 2023: 9.68The Big Cube Melbourne 2023: 9.45Melbourne Cube Days 2023: 9.54Hampton Park Summer Sunday 2023: 10.72Tassie Summer 2024: 9.68Melbourne Summer 2024: 9.68Altona Algorithms 2024: 10.06Cubing in Corinda Sunday 2024: 9.84Cubing at The Game Expo 2024: 8.08Bangkok Cube Day Summer 2024: 9.86Kensington May Saturday 2024: 9.19Tramsheds II: May Sunday 2024: 8.33Chilling in Canberra Sunday 2024: 10.59Australian Nationals 2024: 9.31Geelong Winter 2024: 9.83Spark Melbourne Spring Saturday 2024: 9.24Move It Midland 2024: 8.51Melbourne Cube Days 2024: 10.05Brilliant Ballarat 2025: 9.46Spark Melbourne February 2025: 8.08Don't Inverloch Up 2025: 9.36Tivat Open 2025: 9.20Prague Summer Opener 2025: 9.08Geelong Winter 2025: 10.04The Big Cube Melbourne 2025: 9.30Apollo Bay Cubing 2025: 9.57Fiji Nationals 2025: 9.21Melbourne Cube Days 2025: 9.61Australian Capital Territory Championship 2025: 10.52Melbourne Summer 2026: 9.65Don't Inverloch Up 2026: 8.75North-East Melbourne March Saturday 2026: 9.63West Melbourne Open 2026: 10.06Wagga Autumn 2026: 8.43Perth Puzzle Party 2026: 9.19Spark Melbourne Autumn Saturday 2026: 9.72Hobart Autumn 2026: 8.03Brilliant Ballarat 2026: 9.82Australian Nationals 2026: 9.88Geelong Winter 2026: 10.408.0320.1816 Feb 201929 Aug 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.66 away.

Targets move as he improves.