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Tom Selby

2×2 · top 0.95% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023SELB01

Tom Selby has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.17, set at Tramsheds IX: June Sunday 2026, puts him in the top 0.95% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 94th in Australia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since June 2023, he has put 712 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 58.91 in June 2023 to 8.43, an 86% improvement. Tom has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.95% of 186,767 all-time
1.17
signature single · Tramsheds IX: June Sunday 2026
712
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×21.172.59
top 0.95%94 / 8,567
Pyraminx2.784.43
top 2.9%139 / 5,993
3×38.4310.64
top 3.6%343 / 11,709
Clock5.896.89
top 6.9%91 / 1,095
Skewb3.806.49
top 9.6%247 / 3,534
4×450.9858.12
top 25.9%660 / 3,051
Megaminx1:30.451:41.78
top 28.5%352 / 1,277
3×3 one-handed24.5428.27
top 33.0%753 / 2,659
5×52:15.442:35.66
top 58.4%807 / 1,356
6×65:59.91—
early days — 2 solves585 / 641
7×712:30.00—
early days — 1 solve511 / 523

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

Cubing in the Dilly 2023: 58.91Newcastle Open 2023: 50.68Simple Sydney Sunday 2023: 37.93Sydney Summer 2023: 36.74Kogarah Cube Day Saturday 2024: 19.29Tramsheds II: May Sunday 2024: 18.18Queensland Open 2024: 15.31Puzzling Parramatta 2024: 17.61Cubing in Wollondilly 2024: 15.00Maitland Spring 2024: 13.49Cubing at The Cube 2025: 14.31Melbourne Summer 2025: 12.09NSW State Championship 2025: 11.02Coffs Big Banana Bonanza 2025: 11.39Tramsheds VI: Winter Sunday 2025: 11.40Australian Nationals 2025: 10.25Tramsheds VII: Spring Saturday 2025: 11.37Australian Capital Territory Championship 2025: 10.67Cubing at The Cube 2026: 11.70NxNjoyable Sydney Gathering 2026: 8.43Orange 2026: 11.48Tramsheds IX: June Sunday 2026: 8.778.4358.9110 Jun 20237 Jun 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.78 away.

Targets move as he improves.