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George Pelham

3×3 · top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017PELH01

George Pelham has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.63, set at Warm Up Sydney 2019, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 225th in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since January 2017, he has put 973 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.01 in January 2017 to 7.63, a 46% improvement. George has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time
7.63
signature single · Warm Up Sydney 2019
973
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×37.639.84
top 2.2%225 / 11,709
2×21.993.33
top 4.7%358 / 8,567
3×3 one-handed13.2016.51
top 4.7%107 / 2,659
4×435.5441.21
top 7.2%188 / 3,051
5×51:14.631:18.75
top 15.0%202 / 1,356
Skewb4.948.45
top 17.7%459 / 3,534
Pyraminx5.718.99
top 17.9%881 / 5,993
Megaminx1:19.221:32.69
top 21.2%256 / 1,277
6×62:51.233:08.84
top 36.7%231 / 641
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves
early days — 3 solves173 / 468
7×74:23.464:47.71
top 38.9%189 / 523
Square-131.3750.02
top 51.9%513 / 899

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

Adelaide Summer 2017: 14.01Cubing Classic 2017: 15.06Sydney Winter 2017: 14.22Australian Nationals 2017: 13.04Melbourne Cube Days 2017: 11.64Adelaide Summer 2018: 9.19Hobart Summer 2018: 11.03ASFA Speedcubing 2018: 12.01Brisbane Winter 2018: 9.60Horsham Winter 2018: 9.62Australian Nationals 2018: 9.37Melbourne Cube Days 2018: 8.55Adelaide Summer 2019: 9.30Melbourne Summer 2019: 9.08Hobart Open 2019: 9.54Koalafication Perth 2019: 8.14Warm Up Sydney 2019: 7.63WCA World Championship 2019: 10.04Melbourne Cube Days 2019: 8.22Melbourne Summer 2020: 8.467.6315.0621 Jan 201725 Jan 2020

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.63 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.99 away.

Targets move as he improves.