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Archie Crone
Pyraminx · top 2.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023CRON01
Archie Crone has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.47, set at Edinburgh Winter 2026, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 78th in the United Kingdom. Until January 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since May 2023, he has put 457 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.33 in May 2023 to 11.73, a 68% improvement. Archie has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.47 | 5.88 | top 2.1% | 78 / 3,656 | |
| Skewb | 3.04 | 6.19 | top 5.2% | 115 / 2,421 | |
| 3×3 | 11.73 | 14.40 | top 13.0% | 916 / 6,689 | |
| 2×2 | 2.95 | 4.71 | top 13.7% | 836 / 4,895 | |
| Clock | 10.21 | 11.48 | top 26.2% | 352 / 1,232 | |
| 4×4 | 1:07.31 | 1:23.36 | top 44.3% | 968 / 2,071 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 24 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Edinburgh Winter 2026.
- 20 Sep 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.98 at Edinburgh Autumn 2025.
- 20 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Edinburgh Autumn 2025.
- 30 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025.
- 15 Jul 2023First sub-30 3×3: 23.52 at Edinburgh Summer 2023.
- 15 Jul 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.94 at Edinburgh Summer 2023.
Competitions
- Farewell Strathclyde University 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Falkirk Open 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Edinburgh Winter 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Glasgow Autumn Open 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Edinburgh Autumn 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025 · 30 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Edinburgh Winter 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Edinburgh Winter 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Aberdeen Autumn 2023 · 4 Nov 2023
- Glasgow Autumn 2023 · 22 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- North Highlands Summer 2023 · 29 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Edinburgh Summer 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Glasgow Spring 2023 · 26 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Sam Jones — met in 88 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Eleanor Sinnott — met in 83 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
- Bella Campbell — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.