People · New Zealand
Isaac Russell
3×3 · top 17.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2021 · 2021RUSS02
Isaac Russell has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.13, set at Milford Winter Warm Up 2025, puts him in the top 17.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 380th in New Zealand. Across 8 competitions since August 2021, he has put 156 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.68 in August 2021 to 13.13, a 56% improvement. Isaac has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 13.13 | 16.11 | top 17.9% | 380 / 2,095 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.10 | 10.03 | top 20.7% | 289 / 1,141 | |
| Skewb | 6.73 | 7.95 | top 31.5% | 240 / 666 | |
| 2×2 | 4.71 | 6.50 | top 35.6% | 618 / 1,615 | |
| Megaminx | 2:18.47 | — | top 55.6% | 170 / 283 |
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
- 14 Jun 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.13 at Milford Winter Warm Up 2025.
- 14 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Milford Winter Warm Up 2025.
- 28 Jun 2024First sub-20 3×3: 17.44 at Auckland Matariki Open 2024.
- 28 Jun 2024Four personal bests in one day at Auckland Matariki Open 2024.
- 13 Aug 2021First competition: NZ North Island Championship 2021. A 29.68 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- New Zealand Nationals 2025 · 12 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Coping in Auckland 2025 · 5 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Milford Winter Warm Up 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- NZ North Island Championship 2024 · 19 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Auckland Matariki Open 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2022 · 9 Dec 2022
- NZ North Island Championship 2021 · 13 Aug 2021
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.
- Brandon Harris — met in 34 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ashley Foster — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Richard Yiheng Tao — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.13 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
Targets move as he improves.