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Zac Tom

3×3 · top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022TOMZ01

Zac Tom has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.54, set at Speedy Southport 2025, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 363rd in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since November 2022, he has put 411 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.07 in November 2022 to 8.54, a 47% improvement. Zac has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time
8.54
signature single · Speedy Southport 2025
411
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×38.549.94
top 3.8%363 / 11,709
2×22.254.09
top 6.6%503 / 8,567
4×436.2541.83
top 7.9%205 / 3,051
Pyraminx6.538.70
top 24.1%1,223 / 5,993
3×3 one-handed21.6424.88
top 25.0%560 / 2,659
5×51:35.811:39.71
top 32.2%432 / 1,356
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves42.00
early days — 3 solves173 / 468
3×3 blindfolded3:41.45—
early days — 3 solves283 / 394
Megaminx2:47.97—
top 69.4%905 / 1,277
Square-150.931:07.78
top 76.9%720 / 899
Skewb16.1321.83
top 81.7%2,862 / 3,534
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 27:29—
early days — 1 solve165 / 180
7×78:19.72—
early days — 2 solves457 / 523
6×68:37.16—
early days — 1 solve630 / 641

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

Northside Spring Sunday 2022: 16.07Brisbane Summer 2023: 12.28Queensland Open 2023: 11.49Australian Nationals 2023: 12.28QUT Qube Challenge Sunday 2023: 12.20Brisbane Summer 2024: 10.24Cubing in Corinda Sunday 2024: 11.04MarsdeNxN 2024: 10.28Brisbane Summer 2025: 9.32QLD State Championship 2025: 9.22Australian Nationals 2025: 8.86Speedy Southport 2025: 8.54Queensland Open 2026: 8.608.5416.0727 Nov 202227 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.