People · United Kingdom
Humphrey Sanders
3×3 · top 6.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022SAND26
Humphrey Sanders has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.65, set at Kewbz UK Open 2024, puts him in the top 6.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 489th in the United Kingdom. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since October 2022, he has put 304 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.10 in October 2022 to 2.60, a 49% improvement. Humphrey has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 9.65 | 12.57 | top 6.5% | 489 / 6,689 | |
| 2×2 | 2.60 | 3.86 | top 9.9% | 648 / 4,895 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.07 | 10.33 | top 20.5% | 800 / 3,656 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.88 | 24.15 | top 22.9% | 425 / 1,851 | |
| 4×4 | 55.49 | 1:02.93 | top 31.3% | 698 / 2,071 | |
| Skewb | 6.86 | 13.36 | top 32.5% | 767 / 2,421 | |
| 5×5 | 1:55.52 | 2:07.79 | top 46.3% | 574 / 1,151 | |
| Square-1 | 47.92 | — | early days — 2 solves | 600 / 778 | |
| Clock | 23.83 | — | early days — 3 solves | 929 / 1,232 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 5 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at Stevenage October 2024.
- 14 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at Stevenage Beginners September A 2024.
- 31 Aug 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.65 at Kewbz UK Open 2024.
- 31 Aug 2024Five personal bests in one day at Kewbz UK Open 2024.
- 18 Feb 2023Four personal bests in one day at Brent Cross Winter 2023.
- 21 Jan 2023Four personal bests in one day at Stevenage January 2023.
Competitions
- Stevenage October 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Battersea Autumn 2024 · 28 Sep 2024
- Stevenage Beginners September A 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Kewbz UK Open 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Mind Sports Olympiad London 2024 · 22 Aug 2024
- Brent Cross Winter 2023 · 18 Feb 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Stevenage January 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Wiltshire Winter 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Essex Winter 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Stevenage Autumn B 2022 · 1 Oct 2022 — 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.
- Ben Stokes — met in 64 rounds, never finished ahead
- Daniel Partridge — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead once
- Satya Bhavesh Gala — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.65 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
Targets move as he improves.