People · United Kingdom
Felix Palmer
3×3 · top 8.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024PALM09
Felix Palmer has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.43, set at Edinburgh Winter 2026, puts him in the top 8.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 629th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since August 2024, he has put 114 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.66 in August 2024 to 10.43, a 56% improvement. Felix 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 | 10.43 | 12.26 | top 8.7% | 629 / 6,689 | |
| 2×2 | 3.49 | 4.83 | top 20.1% | 1,135 / 4,895 | |
| Megaminx | 1:56.17 | 2:08.52 | top 43.7% | 499 / 966 |
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
- 30 May 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.89 at Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025.
- 1 Nov 2024First sub-20 3×3: 16.60 at Rubik's UK Championship 2024.
- 3 Aug 2024First competition: Manchester August 2024. A 23.66 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Edinburgh Winter 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025 · 30 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Glasgow Favourites Evening III 2025 · 18 Mar 2025
- Manchester January 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Manchester August 2024 · 3 Aug 2024
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.
- Johnny Morello Kerlaff — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Eleanor Sinnott — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Ryan Eckersley — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
Targets move as he improves.