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Finley Palmer
3×3 · top 24.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024PALM11
Finley Palmer has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.95, set at Tramsheds VII: Spring Saturday 2025, puts him in the top 24.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,228th in Australia. Across 5 competitions since November 2024, he has put 55 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.41 in November 2024 to 14.95, a 61% improvement. Finley has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 14.95 | 18.59 | top 24.3% | 2,228 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 5.25 | 6.19 | top 42.4% | 3,331 / 8,567 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.60 | 21.96 | top 70.8% | 4,290 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 46.01 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,754 / 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
- 8 Nov 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.95 at Tramsheds VII: Spring Saturday 2025.
- 23 Aug 2025First sub-20 3×3: 16.73 at Tramsheds VI: Winter Saturday 2025.
- 3 May 2025First sub-30 3×3: 23.35 at Lake Macquarie Open 2025.
- 3 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Lake Macquarie Open 2025.
- 16 Nov 2024First competition: Sydney Spring Saturday 2024. A 38.41 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tramsheds VII: Spring Saturday 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Tramsheds VI: Winter Saturday 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Lake Macquarie Open 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Tramsheds IV: Summer Sunday 2025 · 9 Feb 2025
- Sydney Spring Saturday 2024 · 16 Nov 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.
- Bryan Eng — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Emerson Owen — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kent Thomson — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.95 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.