People · United Kingdom
Bertie Cartwright
3×3 · top 1.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2015 · 2015CART01
Bertie Cartwright has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.68, set at August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 85th in the United Kingdom. Until January 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since December 2015, he has put 467 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.37 in December 2015 to 6.68, a 76% improvement. Bertie has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 6.68 | 8.18 | top 1.0% | 85 / 6,689 | |
| 4×4 | 34.88 | 39.03 | top 6.6% | 163 / 2,071 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.42 | 17.01 | top 6.9% | 138 / 1,851 | |
| 5×5 | 1:04.59 | 1:15.59 | top 8.1% | 108 / 1,151 | |
| 2×2 | 3.49 | 4.30 | top 20.1% | 1,135 / 4,895 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.81 | 10.66 | top 34.6% | 1,389 / 3,656 |
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 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023.
- 26 Oct 2018Three personal bests in one day at UK Championship 2018.
- 30 Jun 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.91 at Peterborough Open 2018.
- 30 Jun 2018Four personal bests in one day at Peterborough Open 2018.
- 27 Oct 2017Four personal bests in one day at UK Championship 2017.
- 8 Jul 2017First sub-15 3×3: 12.72 at London Open 2017.
Competitions
- Leicestershire Autumn 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Cheltenham Summer 2022 · 25 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Wakefield Spring 2022 · 7 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Wakefield Open 2022 · 29 Jan 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- UK Championship 2019 · 25 Oct 2019
- British Summer Open 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Lincoln Open 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Cambridge Open 2018 · 15 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- UK Championship 2018 · 26 Oct 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Stratford-upon-Avon Open 2018 · 22 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Peterborough Open 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- UK Championship 2017 · 27 Oct 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- London Open 2017 · 8 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Newcastle-under-Lyme Open 2017 · 15 Apr 2017
- Birmingham Open 2016 · 17 Dec 2016 — 1 personal best set
- UK Championship 2016 · 4 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- August Bank Holiday Competition 2016 · 27 Aug 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Welcome Thay Cambridge 2015 · 19 Dec 2015
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.
- Charlie Stark — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
- Fabio Schwandt — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Matthew Lowe — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 4.88 away.
Targets move as he improves.