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Jude Henry Nailer

2×2 · top 3.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023NAIL02

Jude Henry Nailer has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.69, set at Cubing by Quinns Beach 2023, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 243rd in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since May 2023, he has put 593 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.10 in May 2023 to 8.33, a 75% improvement. Jude has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.0% of 186,767 all-time
1.69
signature single · Cubing by Quinns Beach 2023
593
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×21.693.09
top 3.0%243 / 8,567
3×38.3310.00
top 3.4%330 / 11,709
3×3 one-handed16.9526.13
top 12.4%284 / 2,659
Pyraminx5.487.07
top 16.3%790 / 5,993
5×51:19.731:38.85
top 18.9%250 / 1,356
4×447.9857.54
top 22.1%554 / 3,051
Skewb7.1513.30
top 34.8%993 / 3,534
Megaminx2:04.96—
top 48.5%590 / 1,277
Clock16.9621.70
top 55.3%570 / 1,095
3×3 Fewest Moves51 moves—
early days — 2 solves354 / 468

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

Mandurah Mayhem 2023: 33.10Quintilian Cube-Off 2023: 20.13Scarborough Skewb-Off 2023: 14.54WA Open 2023: 12.08Speedy South Perth 2023: 12.24Cubing by Quinns Beach 2023: 11.58Perth Puzzle Party 2024: 13.39Murdoch University Open 2024: 11.93South Perth Cube Day 2024: 11.09Freo Cube-Off 2024: 10.44Going Fast in Guildford 2024: 10.40Perth Puzzle Pyjama Party 2024: 9.92Perth Autumn 2024: 8.57Only 3x3s in Perth 2024: 10.13Australian Nationals 2024: 9.24Perth Winter 2024: 9.37Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024: 9.70Freo Cube-Off 2025: 9.27Perth Autumn 2025: 8.77Perth Winter 2025: 8.338.3333.1020 May 202321 Jun 2025

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 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.