People · United Kingdom
Archie Petersen
Megaminx · top 6.4% of 35,351 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 6.4% of the 35,351 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 86th in the United Kingdom. Until April 2010, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since March 2025, he has put 357 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 36,406 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 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megaminx | 52.73 | 59.83 | top 6.4% | 86 / 998 | |
| 3×3 | 9.92 | 13.53 | top 7.3% | 538 / 6,785 | |
| 2×2 | 2.69 | 4.32 | top 10.9% | 706 / 4,946 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.23 | 10.10 | top 14.6% | 562 / 3,704 | |
| 4×4 | 54.02 | 1:00.58 | top 29.7% | 674 / 2,112 | |
| Skewb | 8.00 | 12.68 | top 41.4% | 985 / 2,439 | |
| Clock | 15.41 | 16.21 | top 49.6% | 665 / 1,255 | |
| 5×5 | 2:28.18 | 2:35.88 | top 65.0% | 818 / 1,167 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 41.03 | 47.83 | top 66.8% | 1,149 / 1,861 |
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
- Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- 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 68 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Dorian Chan — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Mezon Gurung — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-50 Megaminx single — 1,829 people have one; it is 2.73 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.92 away.
Targets move as he improves.