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Howard J. Rutter

3×3 · top 93.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024RUTT02

Howard J. Rutter has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 1:03.87, set at Manchester Favourites II 2026, puts him in the top 93.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,445th in the United Kingdom. Across 12 competitions since August 2024, he has put 58 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 2:10.81 in August 2024 to 1:03.87, a 51% improvement. Howard has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 93.0% of 284,439 all-time
1:03.87
signature single · Manchester Favourites II 2026
58
official solves on the record
17%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 96% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×31:03.871:16.01
top 93.0%6,445 / 6,689

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

Birmingham Summer 2024: 2:10.81Leicestershire Autumn 2024: 2:10.58Bristol Winter Beginners 2024: 2:41.82Crewe Winter 2025: 1:42.91Manchester Spring 2025: 1:07.15Coventry Spring 2025: 1:24.51Corby Autumn 2025: 1:17.95Leicestershire Autumn 2025: 1:10.72Manchester Favourites II 2026: 1:03.87Crewe Winter 2026: 1:18.56Liverpool Spring 2026: 1:03.89Kewbz UK Championship 2026: 1:10.611:03.872:41.8217 Aug 202428 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-1:00 3×3 single — 260,367 people have one; it is 3.87 away.

Targets move as he improves.