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Baden Forster

3×3 · top 5.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017FORS02

Baden Forster has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.22, set at Toowoomba Carnival of Cubing 2026, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 500th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 41 competitions since September 2017, he has put 1,191 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.61 in September 2017 to 9.22, a 44% improvement. Baden has entered 41 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.4% of 284,439 all-time
9.22
signature single · Toowoomba Carnival of Cubing 2026
1,191
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×39.2212.82
top 5.4%500 / 11,709
2×22.123.73
top 5.6%406 / 8,567
3×3 one-handed14.1321.48
top 6.4%150 / 2,659
Pyraminx4.315.39
top 9.2%424 / 5,993
Skewb4.006.14
top 10.9%280 / 3,534
3×3 blindfolded53.301:22.08
top 11.0%55 / 394
Clock7.139.70
top 11.4%135 / 1,095
Square-117.7023.37
top 22.6%221 / 899
4×41:01.131:06.23
top 37.7%1,003 / 3,051
3×3 Multi-Blind4 of 4 cubes · 29:41—
top 42.7%77 / 180
Megaminx2:06.792:45.81
top 49.5%601 / 1,277
4×4 blindfolded14:07.00—
early days — 2 solves76 / 96

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

Brisbane Winter 2017: 16.61Brisbane Winter 2018: 12.39Northside Cube Day 2019: 12.30Koalafication Brisbane 2019: 12.24Gold Coast Spring 2019: 13.24Northside Cube Days 2020: 12.19Brisbane Is Back On 2021: 11.36Northside Duology Part 2 2022: 11.05Brisbane Autumn 2022: 10.81Brisbane's 20 in 21 in 2022: 10.90Queensland Open 2022: 11.41Runaway Bay Sunday Challenge 2022: 11.71Northside Spring Saturday 2022: 11.84Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 11.11Brisbane Summer 2023: 9.89Runaway Bay May Sunday 2023: 11.98U Cube at UQ Saturday 2023: 12.31Australian Nationals 2023: 11.81QUT Qube Challenge Saturday 2023: 10.87Melbourne Summer 2024: 12.67Brisbane Summer 2024: 12.64Cubing in Corinda Sunday 2024: 12.42Queensland Open 2024: 13.78Speedy Southport 2024: 11.91Brisbane Summer 2025: 11.94QLD State Championship 2025: 11.65Australian Nationals 2025: 11.58Speedy Southport 2025: 13.29Cube Against Cancer Brisbane 2026: 13.75Queensland Open 2026: 12.32Toowoomba Carnival of Cubing 2026: 9.229.2216.6116 Sep 20178 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.22 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.12 away.

Targets move as he improves.