People · United Kingdom
Herne Halley Smedley
3×3 · top 30.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024SMED02
Herne Halley Smedley has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.84, set at Kewbz UK Championship 2026, puts him in the top 30.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,029th in the United Kingdom. Across 5 competitions since September 2024, he has put 63 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 21% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.26 in September 2024 to 16.84, a 24% improvement. Herne has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 16.84 | 18.51 | top 30.5% | 2,029 / 6,689 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.46 | 12.46 | top 31.7% | 1,272 / 3,656 | |
| 2×2 | 5.36 | 5.58 | top 43.7% | 2,312 / 4,895 | |
| Skewb | 10.99 | 14.68 | top 60.8% | 1,459 / 2,421 |
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
- 11 Oct 2025First sub-20 3×3: 17.89 at Stevenage October 2025.
- 28 Sep 2024First competition: Battersea Autumn 2024. A 22.26 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kewbz UK Championship 2026 · 28 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Manchester Cubing League - Second 2026 · 25 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage January 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage October 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Battersea Autumn 2024 · 28 Sep 2024
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.
- Jacob Sherwen Brown — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Blue James — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Rufus Prabhu-Desai — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.84 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.