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Tom Salmon

3×3 · top 1.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015SALM03

Tom Salmon has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.91, set at Stevenage August 2024, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 99th in the United Kingdom. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 50 competitions since November 2015, he has put 2,717 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.54 in November 2015 to 6.91, a 75% improvement. Tom has entered 50 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.2% of 284,439 all-time
6.91
signature single · Stevenage August 2024
2,717
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×36.918.13
top 1.2%99 / 6,689
2×21.402.33
top 1.7%138 / 4,895
4×429.5632.67
top 2.6%63 / 2,071
3×3 one-handed11.9314.91
top 2.9%56 / 1,851
Skewb2.574.33
top 3.2%71 / 2,421
5×558.281:09.67
top 4.7%67 / 1,151
Pyraminx4.136.64
top 8.3%323 / 3,656
Clock6.567.57
top 9.3%120 / 1,232
7×73:24.293:36.69
top 17.8%80 / 459
Megaminx1:14.411:28.58
top 18.3%215 / 966
6×62:16.932:26.36
top 18.9%112 / 548
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves—
early days — 3 solves132 / 372
3×3 blindfolded1:59.242:20.90
top 33.3%140 / 311
Square-133.6352.55
top 56.2%480 / 778

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

UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 27.54Weston-super-Mare Open 2017: 13.64Welsh Open 2018: 14.54High Wycombe Open 2018: 12.66Peterborough Open 2018: 12.30Swisscubing Cup III 2018: 11.96Stratford-upon-Avon Open 2018: 11.08UK Championship 2018: 11.97Weston-super-Mare Open 2018: 11.72Cambridge Open 2018: 10.23Fontwell Open 2019: 10.55Welsh Open 2019: 9.88Chester Open 2019: 10.30August Bank Holiday Celebration 2019: 8.79UK Championship 2019: 9.63Weston-super-Mare Open 2019: 10.37Guildford Open 2020: 8.51Fontwell Open 2020: 11.17Cheltenham Summer 2022: 8.29Lincoln Summer 2022: 8.89Chippenham Autumn 2022: 8.14Kewbz UK Championship 2022: 8.79Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2022: 8.64Brent Cross Winter 2023: 9.10Wiltshire Spring 2023: 8.77Bristol Summer 2023: 7.52August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023: 7.10Wiltshire Autumn 2023: 8.32Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 8.57Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2023: 7.96Stevenage January 2024: 7.70Manchester Spring 2024: 7.15Bristol Summer 2024: 6.97Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 8.48Stevenage August 2024: 6.91Kewbz UK Open 2024: 7.16Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 7.50Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2024: 7.94Weston-super-Mare Winter 2025: 7.11Wiltshire Spring 2025: 7.85Manchester Spring 2025: 8.29Coventry Spring 2025: 8.35Bristol June 2025: 7.45Rubik's UK Championship 2025: 8.23Bristol August 2025: 7.36Stevenage 10th Anniversary 2025: 8.24Edinburgh Winter 2026: 8.06Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 8.536.9127.547 Nov 201516 Jul 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.40 away.

Targets move as he improves.