People · Australia
Clayton Atkins
3×3 · top 4.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018ATKI01
Clayton Atkins has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.74, set at Melbourne Cubing for Kids Saturday 2023, puts him in the top 4.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 400th in Australia. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since March 2018, he has put 321 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.38 in March 2018 to 8.74, a 35% improvement. Clayton has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 8.74 | 10.32 | top 4.3% | 400 / 11,709 | |
| 4×4 | 43.65 | 48.36 | top 16.6% | 408 / 3,051 | |
| 2×2 | 3.92 | 5.16 | top 25.5% | 1,977 / 8,567 | |
| 5×5 | 1:40.93 | 1:54.06 | top 36.1% | 489 / 1,356 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.21 | 11.95 | top 38.0% | 2,031 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 36.62 | 47.29 | top 60.2% | 1,430 / 2,659 |
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
- 2 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Altona Algorithms 2024.
- 11 Jul 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.33 at WCA World Championship 2019.
- 17 Mar 2018First competition: ASFA Speedcubing 2018. A 13.60 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kensington May Saturday 2024 · 11 May 2024
- Altona Algorithms 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2024 · 19 Jan 2024
- Melbourne Cubing for Kids Saturday 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Victorian Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- St Oliver's Speedy Saturday 2023 · 20 May 2023
- Kensington Summer Saturday 2023 · 11 Feb 2023
- Bendigo Cube Blitz 2020 · 23 Feb 2020
- Melbourne Cube Days 2019 · 30 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Altona Algorithms 2019 · 5 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- WCA World Championship 2019 · 11 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Winter 2018 · 2 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube for Cambodia 2018 · 6 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- ASFA Speedcubing 2018 · 17 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Swami Srinivasan — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 39 times
- David Epstein — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Myles Jarman — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 3.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.