People · Australia
Carter Barnes
3×3 · top 3.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2022 · 2022BARN04
Carter Barnes has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.32, set at Freo Cube-Off 2023, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 329th in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since March 2022, he has put 330 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.32 in January 2023 to 8.32, a 32% improvement. Carter has entered 13 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 | 8.32 | 10.65 | top 3.4% | 329 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 2.57 | 4.58 | top 9.6% | 728 / 8,567 | |
| 4×4 | 42.90 | 51.89 | top 15.6% | 390 / 3,051 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.64 | 7.54 | top 17.4% | 851 / 5,993 | |
| Megaminx | 1:32.96 | 1:41.72 | top 30.1% | 375 / 1,277 | |
| Skewb | 7.56 | 10.48 | top 37.9% | 1,128 / 3,534 | |
| 5×5 | 1:54.07 | 2:12.76 | top 45.4% | 615 / 1,356 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.11 | 41.63 | top 49.1% | 1,143 / 2,659 | |
| 6×6 | 5:05.38 | — | early days — 1 solve | 531 / 641 |
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 2023Four personal bests in one day at WA Open 2023.
- 16 Apr 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.32 at Freo Cube-Off 2023.
- 19 Mar 2022First competition: Perth Autumn 2022.
Competitions
- Mandurah Madness 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Perth Winter 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Murdoch University Open 2024 · 3 Feb 2024
- Cubing by Quinns Beach 2023 · 16 Dec 2023
- WA Open 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Scarborough Skewb-Off 2023 · 20 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Perth Time Trial 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Perth Autumn 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Freo Cube-Off 2023 · 16 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Hurry Up Karrinyup 2023 · 19 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Perth Summer 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Perth Autumn 2022 · 19 Mar 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.
- Amy Smith — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Tyler Williams — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jaxon Foster — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
Targets move as he improves.