People · United Kingdom
Archie Petersen
Megaminx · top 6.3% of 34,786 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025PETE06
Archie Petersen has been competing for a year. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 52.73, set at Kewbz UK Championship 2026, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 85th in the United Kingdom. Until April 2010, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since March 2025, he has put 317 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.91 in March 2025 to 9.92, a 41% improvement. Archie has entered twelve 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megaminx | 52.73 | 1:02.10 | top 6.3% | 85 / 966 | |
| 3×3 | 9.92 | 13.53 | top 7.2% | 532 / 6,689 | |
| 2×2 | 2.69 | 4.32 | top 10.8% | 697 / 4,895 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.23 | 10.10 | top 14.6% | 557 / 3,656 | |
| 4×4 | 54.02 | 1:00.58 | top 29.6% | 655 / 2,071 | |
| Skewb | 8.00 | 12.68 | top 41.3% | 972 / 2,421 | |
| Clock | 15.41 | 16.21 | top 49.6% | 654 / 1,232 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 41.03 | 47.83 | top 66.7% | 1,143 / 1,851 | |
| 5×5 | 2:40.67 | 2:52.19 | top 70.8% | 881 / 1,151 |
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
- 4 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Wiltshire Summer 2026.
- 16 May 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.92 at Weston-super-Mare Spring 2026.
- 16 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Weston-super-Mare Spring 2026.
- 22 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's UK Championship 2025.
- 26 Jul 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.51 at Wiltshire Summer 2025.
- 15 Mar 2025First competition: Wiltshire Spring 2025. A 17.80 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kewbz UK Championship 2026 · 28 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Wiltshire Summer 2026 · 4 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Bristol June 2026 · 6 Jun 2026
- Weston-super-Mare Spring 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Wiltshire Spring 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Weston-super-Mare Winter 2026 · 3 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Wiltshire Winter 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Wiltshire Summer 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Weston-super-Mare Spring 2025 · 17 May 2025
- Wiltshire Spring 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 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.
- Blue James — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Dorian Chan — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Rufus Cripps — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-50 Megaminx single — 1,776 people have one; it is 2.73 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.92 away.
Targets move as he improves.