People · United Kingdom
Harvey John Walton
3×3 · top 1.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2019 · 2019WALT06
Harvey John Walton has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.68, set at Kewbz UK Open 2024, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 85th in the United Kingdom. Until January 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since October 2019, he has put 931 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.08 in October 2019 to 6.68, a 53% improvement. Harvey has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 6.68 | 8.35 | top 1.0% | 85 / 6,689 | |
| Skewb | 2.60 | 3.67 | top 3.3% | 75 / 2,421 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.96 | 4.50 | top 3.5% | 147 / 3,656 | |
| 4×4 | 31.63 | 39.46 | top 3.9% | 99 / 2,071 | |
| 2×2 | 1.95 | 3.05 | top 4.4% | 322 / 4,895 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.10 | 17.41 | top 8.3% | 165 / 1,851 | |
| Megaminx | 1:03.50 | 1:14.43 | top 11.8% | 152 / 966 | |
| Clock | 7.29 | 8.78 | top 12.1% | 172 / 1,232 | |
| 5×5 | 1:15.82 | 1:28.91 | top 15.9% | 212 / 1,151 |
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
- 28 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Kewbz UK Championship 2026.
- 25 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at Stevenage January 2025.
- 31 Aug 2024Four personal bests in one day at Kewbz UK Open 2024.
- 10 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Stevenage August 2024.
- 6 Jul 2024Five personal bests in one day at Stevenage July 2024.
- 25 Nov 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.39 at Stevenage November 2023.
Competitions
- Kewbz UK Championship 2026 · 28 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- York Summer 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Wakefield Summer 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage May 2026 · 9 May 2026
- Leeds Spring 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage January 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage September 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Peterborough Qualification Day 2025 · 10 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage June 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage April 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Leeds Spring 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage January 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Kewbz UK Open 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Mind Sports Olympiad London 2024 · 22 Aug 2024
- Stevenage August 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Stevenage July 2024 · 6 Jul 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Stevenage November 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- UK Championship 2019 · 25 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Noah Calderon-Kamata — met in 142 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Harry Allen — met in 128 rounds, finished ahead 52 times
- Rufus Prabhu-Desai — met in 128 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
Targets move as he improves.