People · Australia
John H. Lee
3×3 · top 0.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025LEEJ20
John H. Lee has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.54, set at Tramsheds X: Winter Saturday 2026, puts him in the top 0.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 100th in Australia. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since May 2025, he has put 95 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.15 in May 2025 to 6.54, a 20% improvement. John has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.54 | 7.49 | top 0.9% | 100 / 11,943 | |
| Megaminx | 37.93 | 39.27 | top 1.1% | 17 / 1,313 | |
| 2×2 | 1.48 | 2.41 | top 2.1% | 182 / 8,727 | |
| Clock | 4.20 | 5.46 | top 2.7% | 35 / 1,159 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.39 | 5.28 | top 5.0% | 226 / 6,109 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.07 | 17.24 | top 10.5% | 241 / 2,685 | |
| 4×4 | 40.19 | 43.76 | top 12.4% | 314 / 3,108 | |
| Square-1 | 13.62 | 15.89 | top 13.4% | 137 / 920 |
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
- 29 Aug 2026Five personal bests in one day at Tramsheds X: Winter Saturday 2026.
- 3 May 2025First competition: Lake Macquarie Open 2025. A 8.31 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tramsheds X: Winter Saturday 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Megaminx in Mordialloc 2025 · 13 Sep 2025
- Lake Macquarie Open 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Miles Irwin — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- John Cook — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Kittatam Saisaard — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
- A sub-30 Megaminx single — 76 people have one; it is 7.93 away.
Targets move as he improves.