People · United Kingdom
Geoffrey Hartnell
3×3 · top 20.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2017 · 2017HART06
Geoffrey Hartnell has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.78, set at Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2022, puts him in the top 20.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,362nd in the United Kingdom. Across 13 competitions since July 2017, he has put 334 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.56 in July 2017 to 13.78, a 46% improvement. Geoffrey has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 13.78 | 17.57 | top 20.2% | 1,362 / 6,689 | |
| Megaminx | 1:24.67 | 1:29.19 | top 24.7% | 285 / 966 | |
| 4×4 | 51.19 | 1:03.68 | top 26.2% | 583 / 2,071 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.87 | 26.44 | top 31.1% | 570 / 1,851 | |
| 2×2 | 4.44 | 9.93 | top 32.2% | 1,714 / 4,895 | |
| 5×5 | 1:43.75 | 1:51.13 | top 38.1% | 483 / 1,151 | |
| 7×7 | 4:50.12 | 5:14.68 | top 47.7% | 237 / 459 | |
| 6×6 | 3:15.84 | 3:25.03 | top 48.4% | 288 / 548 |
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
- 11 Nov 2023Five personal bests in one day at Guildford Autumn 2023.
- 19 Nov 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.78 at Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2022.
- 9 Jul 2022Seven personal bests in one day at Stevenage Summer 2022.
- 25 Jun 2022Four personal bests in one day at Cheltenham Summer 2022.
- 23 Nov 2019Seven personal bests in one day at Weston-super-Mare Open 2019.
- 17 Mar 2018Three personal bests in one day at Guildford Open 2018.
Competitions
- Hampshire Winter 2024 · 17 Feb 2024
- Wiltshire February 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bristol Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Guildford Autumn 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Guildford Winter 2023 · 4 Feb 2023
- Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage Summer 2022 · 9 Jul 2022 — 7 personal bests set
- Cheltenham Summer 2022 · 25 Jun 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Weston-super-Mare Open 2019 · 23 Nov 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- High Wycombe Open 2018 · 14 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Guildford Open 2018 · 17 Mar 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Guildford Open 2017 · 23 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
- London Open 2017 · 8 Jul 2017
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.
- AJ Nicholls — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Oliver Wheat — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Fabio Schwandt — met in 61 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.78 away.
- A sub-1:00 Megaminx single — 3,483 people have one; it is 24.67 away.
Targets move as he improves.