People · Australia
Bailey Murdoch
3×3 · top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022MURD02
Bailey Murdoch has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.72, set at QLD State Championship 2025, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 398th in Australia. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since September 2022, he has put 430 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.87 in September 2022 to 8.72, a 41% improvement. Bailey 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 | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.72 | 10.89 | top 4.2% | 398 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 2.28 | 3.73 | top 6.9% | 522 / 8,567 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.72 | 8.22 | top 11.5% | 540 / 5,993 | |
| Clock | 7.78 | 9.03 | top 14.1% | 161 / 1,095 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.23 | 25.72 | top 18.4% | 409 / 2,659 | |
| Skewb | 5.69 | 7.51 | top 23.4% | 619 / 3,534 | |
| 4×4 | 53.20 | 1:05.76 | top 28.6% | 749 / 3,051 |
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
- 11 Apr 2025Five personal bests in one day at QLD State Championship 2025.
- 18 May 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.62 at Turning in Townsville 2024.
- 18 May 2024Five personal bests in one day at Turning in Townsville 2024.
- 3 Sep 2023Five personal bests in one day at U Cube at UQ Sunday 2023.
- 8 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Queensland Open 2023.
- 14 Jan 2023Four personal bests in one day at Turning in Townsville 2023.
Competitions
- Queensland Open 2026 · 27 Jun 2026
- Australian Nationals 2025 · 2 Oct 2025
- QLD State Championship 2025 · 11 Apr 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Queensland Open 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Turning in Townsville 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2023 · 28 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- U Cube at UQ Sunday 2023 · 3 Sep 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Queensland Open 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Runaway Bay May Saturday 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Turning in Townsville 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Northside Spring Sunday 2022 · 27 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Runaway Bay Sunday Challenge 2022 · 4 Sep 2022
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.
- Liam Pipia — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
- Laura Ting — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 38 times
- Ming Dao Ting — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 38 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.