Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → New Zealand → Tom Stanton-Barnett

People · New Zealand

Tom Stanton-Barnett

Skewb · top 0.81% of 73,281 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016STAN05

Tom Stanton-Barnett has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.74, set at WCA World Championship 2019, puts him in the top 0.81% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9th in New Zealand. Until July 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since May 2016, he has put 1,926 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.64 in May 2016 to 7.80, a 68% improvement. Tom has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 0.81% of 73,281 all-time
1.74
signature single · WCA World Championship 2019
1,926
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
Skewb1.744.81
top 0.81%9 / 666
Pyraminx2.404.29
top 1.9%52 / 1,141
4×428.7036.19
top 2.1%27 / 722
2×21.512.31
top 2.2%71 / 1,615
3×37.808.81
top 2.4%76 / 2,095
3×3 one-handed13.1215.82
top 4.6%43 / 600
5×51:03.431:11.13
top 7.5%33 / 355
Megaminx58.321:03.14
top 9.1%40 / 283
7×72:55.033:04.87
top 9.2%17 / 126
6×61:58.752:05.81
top 10.6%22 / 149
Clock7.028.83
top 11.0%53 / 303
Square-112.9919.21
top 11.8%39 / 251
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves34.00
top 14.8%26 / 111
3×3 blindfolded1:08.171:38.44
top 15.6%25 / 86
3×3 Multi-Blind8 of 8 cubes · 54:46—
top 24.4%15 / 49
4×4 blindfolded22:33.00—
early days — 1 solve23 / 23

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

Wellington Autumn 2016: 24.64Hamilton Winter 2016: 22.13Palmerston North 2016: 17.61New Zealand Nationals 2016: 17.45Mind Games 2017: 14.99SNZ Northern 2017: 11.09Hamilton Spring 2017: 11.31New Zealand Nationals 2017: 10.52NxNZ Open 2018: 9.62Mind Games 2018: 10.66Palmerston North 2018: 9.44Wellington Winter 2018: 9.18Auckland Spring 2018: 8.40New Zealand Nationals 2018: 10.12Mind Games 2019: 8.85Koalafication Palmy 2019: 8.56Oceania 10th Anniversary 2019: 8.94WCA World Championship 2019: 8.54New Zealand Nationals 2019: 8.65Wellington Mind Games 2020: 7.80New Zealand Nationals 2020: 7.86A New Year in Auckland 2021: 8.19Wellington Mind Games 2021: 7.92NZ South Island Championship 2021: 7.97Popping Off Pukekohe B 2022: 8.65Lyttelton Autumn 2022: 7.93NZ North Island Championship 2022: 8.627.8024.6422 May 20162 Sep 2022

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 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.40 away.

Targets move as he improves.