People · United Kingdom
Axel Painter-Coates
3×3 · top 38.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024PAIN05
Axel Painter-Coates has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.33, set at Wiltshire Summer 2025, puts him in the top 38.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,591st in the United Kingdom. Across 3 competitions since November 2024, he has put 52 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.87 in November 2024 to 19.33, a 12% improvement. Axel has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 19.33 | 21.39 | top 38.0% | 2,591 / 6,689 | |
| 2×2 | 5.30 | 6.76 | top 43.0% | 2,268 / 4,895 | |
| Skewb | 15.61 | 17.61 | top 80.2% | 1,954 / 2,421 | |
| Clock | 36.42 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,152 / 1,232 |
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
- 26 Jul 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.33 at Wiltshire Summer 2025.
- 30 Nov 2024First competition: Wiltshire November 2024. A 21.87 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's UK Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Wiltshire Summer 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Wiltshire November 2024 · 30 Nov 2024
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.
- Rufus Cripps — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Satya Bhavesh Gala — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Toby Palmer — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.33 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
Targets move as he improves.