People · New Zealand
Finley Storey
2×2 · top 62.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025STOR07
Finley Storey has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 7.22, set at Auckland Winter Open 2026, puts him in the top 62.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,028th in New Zealand. Across 6 competitions since May 2025, he has put 58 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 11.67 in May 2025 to 7.22, a 38% improvement. Finley 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 | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 7.22 | 9.14 | top 62.2% | 1,028 / 1,615 | |
| 3×3 | 32.25 | 38.06 | top 66.3% | 1,428 / 2,095 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:46.26 | — | early days — 2 solves | 589 / 600 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 10 May 2025First competition: Puzzling Papatoetoe 2025.
Competitions
- Auckland Winter Open 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing East Auckland Newcomer Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- 2x2 in Tāmaki Makaurau 2025 · 16 Aug 2025
- Coping in Auckland 2025 · 5 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Milford Winter Warm Up 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Puzzling Papatoetoe 2025 · 10 May 2025
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.
- Brandon Harris — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Thomas Swarbrick — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Elvis Chung — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.22 away.
- A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 2.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.