People · United Kingdom
Freddie Bower
3×3 · top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023BOWE05
Freddie Bower has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.44, set at Rubik's UK Championship 2025, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 292nd in the United Kingdom. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since April 2023, he has put 181 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.32 in April 2023 to 8.44, a 45% improvement. Freddie has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 8.44 | 9.97 | top 3.6% | 292 / 6,689 | |
| 2×2 | 2.70 | 3.68 | top 10.9% | 700 / 4,895 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.04 | 8.73 | top 20.3% | 790 / 3,656 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.48 | 24.04 | top 21.8% | 411 / 1,851 | |
| 4×4 | 1:09.51 | 1:25.76 | top 46.4% | 1,008 / 2,071 | |
| Skewb | 11.85 | 16.96 | top 65.3% | 1,598 / 2,421 |
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
- 17 Feb 2024Four personal bests in one day at Hampshire Winter 2024.
- 16 Dec 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.73 at Wiltshire December 2023.
- 16 Dec 2023Four personal bests in one day at Wiltshire December 2023.
- 17 Jun 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.40 at Wiltshire Summer 2023.
- 17 Jun 2023Three personal bests in one day at Wiltshire Summer 2023.
- 22 Apr 2023First competition: Reading Spring 2023. A 17.35 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's UK Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Hampshire Winter 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Wiltshire December 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Wiltshire Summer 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Reading Spring 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 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.
- Satya Bhavesh Gala — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Rufus Cripps — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Dorian Chan — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
Targets move as he improves.