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Tom Smith

3×3 · top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2009 · 2009SMIT01

Tom Smith has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.89, set at NJIT Spring 2023, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,567th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 31 competitions since February 2009, he has put 623 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.91 in February 2009 to 8.89, a 61% improvement. Tom has entered 31 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time
8.89
signature single · NJIT Spring 2023
623
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.8911.44
top 4.6%2,567 / 59,724
5×51:11.161:22.41
top 12.4%956 / 9,401
4×441.1847.56
top 13.5%2,014 / 19,072
2×23.184.97
top 16.4%6,428 / 40,951
6×62:22.392:23.78
top 21.7%767 / 4,196
7×73:44.144:01.88
top 24.9%703 / 3,184

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

Newark Winter 2009: 22.91Liberty Science Center Open 2011: 16.06Newark Head to Head 2012: 11.61Jersey Shore Open 2012: 13.08Princeton Fall 2012: 13.71Liberty Science Center Open 2012: 13.78CCFC Winter 2014: 11.97US Nationals 2014: 12.96US Nationals 2015: 11.87CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 12.16Incredible Pencil Mania 2018: 11.19CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 11.54CubingUSA New Jersey Championship 2018: 11.80New Hope Open Winter 2019: 11.05CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019: 10.67CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 10.25Liberty Science Center Open 2019: 12.43Houston Winter 2020: 10.87Empire State Winter A 2022: 11.21Pretzel Mania 2023: 10.31NJIT Spring 2023: 8.89Connecticut Spring 2023: 11.01CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 12.80Pretzel Mania Summer 2023: 10.86Empire State Fall Favorites 2023: 11.84Cubing in the Ocean County 2025: 11.12Syracuse Elite Cubing 2026: 10.118.8922.917 Feb 200912 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
  • A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,252 people have one; it is 11.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.