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Ken Telfer

3×3 · top 33.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2021 · 2021TELF01

Ken Telfer has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.63, set at G'day Maitland 2024, puts him in the top 33.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,129th in Australia. Across 34 competitions since May 2021, he has put 395 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 13 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.37 in May 2021 to 17.63, a 36% improvement. Ken has entered 34 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 33.0% of 284,439 all-time
17.63
signature single · G'day Maitland 2024
395
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×317.6322.29
top 33.0%3,129 / 11,709
3×3 one-handed35.8841.39
top 58.9%1,402 / 2,659
3×3 blindfolded3:37.35—
top 62.9%279 / 394
2×27.8411.18
top 66.8%5,418 / 8,567
4×41:39.641:54.96
top 70.3%2,046 / 3,051
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 5 cubes · 48:15—
early days — 1 solve168 / 180
Skewb24.3040.29
top 94.4%3,366 / 3,534
5×54:46.10—
early days — 3 solves1,339 / 1,356
Pyraminx25.8946.48
top 97.2%5,878 / 5,993

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

Marrickville Autumn Saturday 2021: 27.37Canberra Autumn 2022: 24.57NSW Central West Winter 2022: 23.85Sydney Winter Sunday 2022: 20.05Maitland Spring 2022: 22.83Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 22.92Orange Zest 2023: 20.90Chilling in Canberra 2023: 24.52Cubing in the Dilly 2023: 25.99Warm Up Sydney Saturday 2023: 22.68Cubing at Tramsheds Saturday 2023: 21.97Simple Sydney Saturday 2023: 23.36G'day Maitland 2024: 17.63Going Back to the Gong 2024: 22.88Tramsheds I: Newcomer Saturday 2024: 21.82Goulburn Open 2024: 20.72Capital Cubing in Canberra Sunday 2024: 23.66Tramsheds II: May Sunday 2024: 20.84Kiama Winter 2024: 21.92Chilling in Canberra Sunday 2024: 22.56Australian Nationals 2024: 19.00Puzzling Parramatta 2024: 22.27Tramsheds III: August Saturday 2024: 23.03Canberra Spring 2024: 21.19Speedy Southport 2024: 20.62Cubing at The Cube 2025: 21.54Tramsheds IV: Summer Sunday 2025: 22.42Solving in Sale 2025: 24.92Australian Capital Territory Championship 2025: 24.01Melbourne Summer 2026: 22.5517.6327.3722 May 202124 Jan 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.

  • Bryan Eng — met in 72 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Peri Le Dain — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
  • John Cook — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 31 times

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.63 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 one-handed single — 34,382 people have one; it is 5.88 away.

Targets move as he improves.