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Harry Forbes

2×2 · top 0.15% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2021 · 2021FORB01

Harry Forbes has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.73, set at Melbourne Cube Days 2024, puts him in the top 0.15% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 32nd in Australia. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 49 competitions since December 2021, he has put 2,531 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.07 in December 2021 to 0.73, an 82% improvement. Harry has entered 49 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.15% of 186,767 all-time
0.73
signature single · Melbourne Cube Days 2024
2,531
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×20.731.55
top 0.15%32 / 8,567
Pyraminx1.623.35
top 0.57%32 / 5,993
3×36.878.45
top 1.2%131 / 11,709
Square-17.4810.34
top 2.3%29 / 899
Skewb2.374.69
top 2.4%85 / 3,534
Megaminx44.0451.29
top 2.8%39 / 1,277
3×3 one-handed12.8015.64
top 4.1%94 / 2,659
Clock4.935.63
top 4.2%58 / 1,095
4×435.4338.38
top 7.1%183 / 3,051
5×51:04.921:10.14
top 8.3%114 / 1,356
7×72:59.263:12.20
top 10.5%51 / 523
3×3 blindfolded52.201:13.36
top 10.6%52 / 394
6×62:04.382:09.27
top 12.9%76 / 641
3×3 Multi-Blind12 of 12 cubes · 57:27—
top 13.1%25 / 180
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves36.00
top 14.8%73 / 468
4×4 blindfolded5:10.199:32.35
top 23.1%21 / 96
5×5 blindfolded16:33.00—
top 47.1%24 / 51

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

December Series: Geelong says So-Long 2021: 4.07Solving in Sale 2022: 3.94Wonderful Williamstown 2022: 1.83Koalafication Melbourne 2022: 3.26Melbourne Cube Days 2022: 3.67Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023: 1.65Solving in Sale 2023: 2.36Melbourne Cubing for Kids Saturday 2023: 2.33Cubing with Penguins by Phillip Island 2023: 2.03Melbourne Cube Days 2023: 1.85Don't Inverloch Up 2024: 1.51Altona Algorithms 2024: 2.48Cubing at The Game Expo 2024: 1.47Solving In Sale 2024: 1.84Apollo Bay Cubing 2024: 1.58The Big Cube Melbourne 2024: 1.34Geelong Winter 2024: 1.04Spark Melbourne Spring Saturday 2024: 1.49Nimble Newborough 2024: 1.34Melbourne Cube Days 2024: 0.73Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024: 2.00Melbourne Summer 2025: 1.53Spark Melbourne February 2025: 1.32Solving in Sale 2025: 1.47Don't Inverloch Up 2025: 1.42Puzzling Pakenham Sunday 2025: 1.39Australian Nationals 2025: 0.74Nimble Newborough 2025: 1.38Melbourne Cube Days 2025: 1.33New Zealand Nationals 2025: 1.20Melbourne Summer 2026: 1.04Don't Inverloch Up 2026: 1.34Solving in Sale 2026: 1.27Spark Melbourne Autumn Sunday 2026: 1.21Australian Nationals 2026: 1.15Geelong Winter 2026: 1.320.734.0728 Dec 202129 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.87 away.

Targets move as he improves.