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George Railton

Square-1 · top 2.3% of 25,272 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022RAIL01

George Railton has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 7.47, set at Stevenage January 2025, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 28th in the United Kingdom. Until November 2013, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since September 2022, he has put 1,313 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.54 in September 2022 to 9.06, a 28% improvement. George has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Square-1
best event — top 2.3% of 25,272 all-time
7.47
signature single · Stevenage January 2025
1,313
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
Square-17.479.27
top 2.3%28 / 778
Clock4.385.77
top 3.1%47 / 1,232
2×21.882.78
top 4.0%289 / 4,895
3×39.0611.05
top 5.0%379 / 6,689
Pyraminx3.635.87
top 6.0%223 / 3,656
Skewb3.396.16
top 7.1%157 / 2,421
4×437.3745.84
top 9.1%211 / 2,071
3×3 one-handed16.3419.22
top 11.0%217 / 1,851
3×3 blindfolded1:09.24—
early days — 3 solves76 / 311
5×51:21.381:29.38
top 20.2%266 / 1,151
Megaminx1:27.721:39.63
top 26.7%307 / 966
6×63:07.013:11.81
top 44.2%272 / 548
7×76:24.13—
early days — 1 solve350 / 459

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

Stevenage Autumn A 2022: 12.54Kewbz UK Championship 2022: 13.47East London Autumn 2022: 11.43Essex Winter 2022: 11.76Stevenage January 2023: 10.86Essex Spring 2023: 11.15Stevenage June 2023: 12.07Suffolk Summer 2023: 12.87Stevenage July 2023: 10.34Norwich Summer 2023: 9.44Wiltshire Autumn 2023: 9.10Stevenage September 2023: 9.83Kent Autumn 2023: 9.59Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 10.12Stevenage February 2024: 9.82Wakefield Summer 2024: 10.38Battersea Autumn 2024: 9.70Stevenage October 2024: 9.31Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 9.24Stevenage January 2025: 9.069.0613.4724 Sep 202225 Jan 2025

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 Square-1 single — 201 people have one; it is 1.47 away.
  • A sub-4 Clock single — 741 people have one; it is 0.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.