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Chris Dickson

3×3 · top 8.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2009 · 2009DICK02

Chris Dickson has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.48, set at Newcastle Tyneside Spring 2024, puts him in the top 8.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 641st in the United Kingdom. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since November 2009, he has put 205 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.50 in November 2009 to 10.48, a 53% improvement. Chris has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 8.9% of 284,439 all-time
10.48
signature single · Newcastle Tyneside Spring 2024
205
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×310.4811.36
top 8.9%641 / 6,689
2×22.635.24
top 10.2%666 / 4,895
4×442.1348.73
top 14.7%336 / 2,071
5×51:35.671:39.63
top 32.0%418 / 1,151
6×62:56.283:03.36
early days — 3 solves237 / 548
3×3 one-handed40.9649.14
top 66.6%1,141 / 1,851
Pyraminx12.0518.33
top 67.5%2,633 / 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

UK Open 2009: 22.50UK Open 2011: 15.55Rapid Dash Open 2012: 13.03UK Open 2012: 11.78Edinburgh Open 2013: 12.36Newcastle Tyneside Spring 2024: 10.4810.4822.507 Nov 200925 May 2024

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.63 away.

Targets move as he improves.