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Gilbert Birchall

2×2 · top 1.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023BIRC01

Gilbert Birchall has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.38, set at Kewbz UK Championship 2026, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 131st in the United Kingdom. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since January 2023, he has put 972 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.24 in January 2023 to 8.10, a 71% improvement. Gilbert has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.6% of 186,767 all-time
1.38
signature single · Kewbz UK Championship 2026
972
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×21.382.67
top 1.6%131 / 4,895
Skewb2.335.87
top 2.3%56 / 2,421
3×38.109.41
top 3.0%244 / 6,689
Clock4.755.35
top 3.8%57 / 1,232
Megaminx50.6055.14
top 5.3%74 / 966
Square-19.6714.66
top 5.5%54 / 778
3×3 one-handed13.7717.45
top 5.7%113 / 1,851
4×435.0641.36
top 6.8%167 / 2,071
5×51:07.121:13.46
top 9.7%126 / 1,151
6×62:04.102:12.88
top 12.8%79 / 548
Pyraminx5.317.95
top 15.1%585 / 3,656
7×73:22.883:49.80
top 17.3%77 / 459
3×3 blindfolded2:10.07—
top 36.6%153 / 311
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves40.33
top 48.3%196 / 372

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 January 2023: 28.24Reading Spring 2023: 15.92Stevenage June 2023: 13.71Harrow Autumn 2023: 12.14Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 12.46Stevenage February 2024: 11.74Weston-super-Mare Spring 2024: 10.98Chichester Summer 2024: 8.82Battersea Autumn 2024: 12.16Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 9.80Chichester January 2025: 9.81Birmingham Spring 2025: 9.07Weston-super-Mare Spring 2025: 10.20Rubik's UK Championship 2025: 8.80Stevenage January 2026: 8.89Stevenage March 2026: 8.97Brighton 3x3 Day 2026: 8.10Hverdagscubing XXI - Friheden 2026: 9.48Kewbz UK Championship 2026: 8.488.1028.2421 Jan 202328 Aug 2026

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.