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Arran Berry Simpson
Pyraminx · top 9.8% of 130,891 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024SIMP09
Arran Berry Simpson has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.41, set at Edinburgh Autumn 2025, puts him in the top 9.8% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 382nd in the United Kingdom. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since June 2024, he has put 441 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 62% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 14 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.78 in June 2024 to 16.24, a 50% improvement. Arran has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 4.41 | 8.01 | top 9.8% | 382 / 3,704 | |
| 2×2 | 2.64 | 4.99 | top 10.4% | 679 / 4,946 | |
| Skewb | 5.21 | 9.63 | top 19.9% | 458 / 2,439 | |
| 3×3 | 16.24 | 19.34 | top 28.7% | 1,918 / 6,785 | |
| 4×4 | 1:14.53 | 1:29.29 | top 51.2% | 1,114 / 2,112 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 44.67 | 1:02.82 | top 71.2% | 1,253 / 1,861 | |
| Clock | 22.61 | 24.92 | top 71.6% | 909 / 1,255 | |
| Megaminx | 3:16.16 | 3:43.21 | top 79.7% | 907 / 998 | |
| 5×5 | 3:14.00 | 3:24.75 | top 82.4% | 1,044 / 1,167 |
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
- 27 Jun 2026Three personal bests in one day at Farewell Strathclyde University 2026.
- 20 Sep 2025Four personal bests in one day at Edinburgh Autumn 2025.
- 30 May 2025Five personal bests in one day at Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025.
- 28 Mar 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.27 at Glasgow 3x3 Evening March 2025.
- 11 Jan 2025First sub-30 3×3: 22.50 at Edinburgh Winter 2025.
- 11 Jan 2025Five personal bests in one day at Edinburgh Winter 2025.
Competitions
- Brampton Autumn 2026 · 20 Sep 2026
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 · 16 Jul 2026
- Farewell Strathclyde University 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Glasgow Favourites Evening VI 2026 · 17 Mar 2026
- Glasgow Favourites Evening V 2026 · 3 Mar 2026
- Falkirk Open 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Glasgow Side Events Winter 2026 · 14 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Edinburgh Winter 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Glasgow Autumn Open 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Edinburgh Autumn 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Glasgow NxN Day 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025 · 30 May 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Glasgow Side Events Spring 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Glasgow 3x3 Evening March 2025 · 28 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Glasgow Favourites Evening III 2025 · 18 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Edinburgh Winter 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Glasgow 3x3 Evening 2024 · 9 Oct 2024
- Glasgow Favourites Evening I 2024 · 1 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Edinburgh Summer Beginners 2024 · 23 Jun 2024 — 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.
- Caty Langa — met in 83 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Ryan Eckersley — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Bella Campbell — met in 82 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.