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Edward Hollingdale

3×3 · top 6.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2011 · 2011HOLL04

Edward Hollingdale has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.48, set at Tramsheds Series Sunday 2022, puts him in the top 6.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 558th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 155 competitions since December 2011, he has put 3,478 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.91 in December 2011 to 9.48, a 68% improvement. Edward has entered 155 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.1% of 284,439 all-time
9.48
signature single · Tramsheds Series Sunday 2022
3,478
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×39.4813.25
top 6.1%558 / 11,709
3×3 one-handed14.1219.89
top 6.3%149 / 2,659
Skewb4.736.61
top 16.2%417 / 3,534
2×23.585.81
top 21.2%1,617 / 8,567
5×51:24.171:33.24
top 22.5%301 / 1,356
Megaminx1:24.891:33.99
top 24.9%309 / 1,277
4×450.5058.99
top 25.3%643 / 3,051
Pyraminx6.8410.20
top 26.5%1,359 / 5,993
6×62:55.073:07.47
top 38.6%241 / 641
7×74:39.564:49.64
top 44.3%214 / 523
Clock14.9817.34
top 47.9%494 / 1,095
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves45.00
top 48.3%216 / 468

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

Perth Puzzle Championship 2011: 29.91Perth Summer 2016: 14.13Perth Cube-Con 2016: 14.16Perth Winter 2016: 14.43Sydney Championship 2016: 14.68Adelaide Summer 2017: 14.87Cube for Cambodia 2017: 12.51Perth Winter 2017: 14.78Australian Nationals 2017: 13.52Melbourne Cube Days 2017: 11.61Adelaide Summer 2018: 14.71Perth Autumn 2018: 16.38Canberra Autumn 2018: 14.29Melbourne Winter 2018: 13.94Brisbane Winter 2018: 14.77Warm Up Sydney 2018: 9.60Australian Nationals 2018: 13.90St Kevin's College Spring 2018: 11.68Odd Day in Sydney 2018: 12.78Melbourne Cube Days 2018: 14.03Northside Cube Day 2019: 14.82Adelaide Summer 2019: 13.67Cool Down Sydney 2019: 14.06Hobart Open 2019: 13.98Koalafication Sydney 2019: 14.97Koalafication Brisbane 2019: 12.63Koalafication Canberra 2019: 15.32Koalafication Adelaide 2019: 13.11Koalafication Melbourne 2019: 12.17Warm Up Canberra 2019: 14.57Warm Up Sydney 2019: 11.15WCA World Championship 2019: 10.64Harold Park Classic 2019: 11.94Gold Coast Spring 2019: 14.09Fortitude Sydney 2019: 12.92Altona Algorithms 2019: 11.53Odd Day in Sydney 2019: 14.11Darwin Open 2019: 16.12Sydney Open 2019: 12.94Northside Cube Days 2020: 11.29Melbourne Summer 2020: 14.26Auckland Summer Open 2020: 13.05Enjoyable Sydney Gathering 2020: 13.58Darwin Open 2020: 12.63South Perth Summer 2020: 12.49York Cube Day 2021: 13.19Showground Showdown 2021: 13.92Sydney Re-Open Saturday 2021: 12.80April in Alice Springs 2021: 11.54Marrickville Autumn Saturday 2021: 11.27Newcastle Autumn 2021: 13.94December Series: Kensington 2021: 12.80Northside Duology Part 1 2022: 13.72Adelaide Summer 2022: 12.35Melbourne Summer 2022: 11.24Tramsheds Series Sunday 2022: 9.48Melbourne Mini Saturday 2022: 12.73Brisbane Autumn 2022: 10.46NSW Open 2022: 13.45NSW Central West Winter 2022: 12.32Brisbane's 20 in 21 in 2022: 12.60New York Championship 2022: 12.28Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 13.31Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 14.36Queensland Open 2022: 12.26Sydney Winter Sunday 2022: 13.78Australian Nationals 2022: 11.85Marrickville Mini Open AM 2022: 11.89Melbourne Cube Days 2022: 12.19New Zealand Nationals 2022: 11.61Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 13.51Turning in Townsville 2023: 12.35Cubing at The Cube Saturday 2023: 12.58Kensington Summer Saturday 2023: 12.73North Sydney Cube Day 2023: 13.03Hurry Up Karrinyup 2023: 12.64Reading Spring 2023: 13.07Weston-super-Mare Spring 2023: 9.70Hampshire Spring 2023: 12.50Wiltshire Summer 2023: 12.29Suffolk Summer 2023: 12.52Stevenage July 2023: 12.26CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 14.67Bolton Summer 2023: 12.36Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 14.22August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023: 12.85Harrow Autumn 2023: 13.21Kent Autumn 2023: 12.11Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 12.18Guildford Autumn 2023: 12.98Stevenage November 2023: 9.88Don't Fail Kinsale 2023: 14.04Perth Puzzle Party 2024: 12.82Wiltshire February 2024: 12.20Cork Spring 2024: 13.48Stevenage Newcomers Saturday 2024: 13.60Stevenage April 2024: 12.34Bornholm Open 2024: 14.32Weston-super-Mare Spring 2024: 12.39Stevenage June 2024: 12.15Manchester June 2024: 10.83Rubik's Irish Championship 2024: 12.63Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 12.68Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 14.19Stevenage August 2024: 12.45Mind Sports Olympiad London 2024: 15.37Stevenage Beginners September A 2024: 15.84Allesammen Sammen i Roskilde 2024: 13.66Stevenage October 2024: 11.67Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 11.25Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2024: 12.89Don't Fail Kinsale 2024: 11.94Stevenage December 2024: 11.92Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024: 10.91Cubing at The Cube 2025: 14.19Hampshire Winter 2025: 13.16Stevenage March 2025: 9.52Stevenage April 2025: 12.93Chichester April 2025: 10.44Weston-super-Mare Spring 2025: 12.45Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025: 12.16Stevenage June 2025: 13.19Warm Up Seattle 2025: 12.73Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 12.61Stevenage July 2025: 11.56Rubik's Irish Championship 2025: 13.39Rubik's UK Championship 2025: 12.80Stevenage September 2025: 11.44Stevenage October 2025: 11.92Dreiländereck-Open 2025: 13.07Tramsheds VII: Spring Sunday 2025: 13.82Belfast Autumn 2025: 11.01Christmas Cubing by Sorrento Beach 2025: 11.77Stevenage January 2026: 12.62Devon Winter 2026: 11.74Cork Spring 2026: 10.15Wiltshire Spring 2026: 10.77Stevenage March 2026: 13.34Budapest Open 2026: 12.48Split Open 2026: 12.84Puzzling Parramatta 2026: 11.73Tramsheds IX: June Sunday 2026: 10.39Australian Nationals 2026: 13.47Tramsheds X: Winter Saturday 2026: 13.719.4829.9110 Dec 201129 Aug 2026

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.48 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.12 away.

Targets move as he improves.