People · United Kingdom
Billy Barwell
3×3 · top 2.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023BARW02
Billy Barwell has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.03, set at Wiltshire Summer 2025, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 231st in the United Kingdom. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since September 2023, he has put 172 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 7 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.42 in September 2023 to 8.03, a 56% improvement. Billy has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 8.03 | 9.68 | top 2.9% | 231 / 6,785 | |
| 2×2 | 2.15 | 4.03 | top 5.9% | 418 / 4,946 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.52 | 6.22 | top 10.3% | 409 / 3,704 | |
| 4×4 | 48.20 | 1:00.87 | top 22.4% | 515 / 2,112 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.93 | 26.24 | top 25.9% | 474 / 1,861 | |
| 5×5 | 1:30.72 | 1:35.57 | top 28.0% | 368 / 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
- 4 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at Weston-super-Mare Winter 2025.
- 5 Oct 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.65 at Stevenage October 2024.
- 5 Oct 2024Four personal bests in one day at Stevenage October 2024.
- 23 Mar 2024First sub-15 3×3: 11.37 at Wiltshire March 2024.
- 9 Sep 2023First competition: Wiltshire Autumn 2023. A 18.42 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wiltshire Summer 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Weston-super-Mare Winter 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage October 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Wiltshire March 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Wiltshire Autumn 2023 · 9 Sep 2023
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.
- Danny Morgan — met in 38 rounds, never finished ahead
- Dorian Chan — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Carter Swan — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.