People · New Zealand
Kieran Wells
3×3 · top 1.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022WELL04
Kieran Wells has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.32, set at Wellington Winter 2025, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 52nd in New Zealand. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since September 2022, he has put 322 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.88 in September 2022 to 7.32, a 63% improvement. Kieran has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 7.32 | 10.31 | top 1.7% | 52 / 2,095 | |
| 2×2 | 2.21 | 3.86 | top 6.3% | 144 / 1,615 | |
| 4×4 | 52.87 | 1:08.86 | top 28.2% | 185 / 722 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.73 | 41.55 | top 30.7% | 165 / 600 | |
| Skewb | 7.67 | 11.88 | top 38.8% | 288 / 666 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.63 | 13.67 | top 41.6% | 556 / 1,141 | |
| Square-1 | 34.11 | 47.35 | top 57.0% | 155 / 251 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 44 moves | 48.33 | top 62.5% | 81 / 111 | |
| 5×5 | 2:31.27 | 2:39.67 | top 66.4% | 235 / 355 |
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
- 17 May 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.67 at Wellington Skewb Showdown 2025.
- 17 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Wellington Skewb Showdown 2025.
- 7 Jul 2023Five personal bests in one day at NZ South Island Championship 2023.
- 16 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at Palmerston North 2023.
- 18 Feb 2023First sub-15 3×3: 12.13 at Wellington Summer 2023.
- 2 Sep 2022First competition: NZ North Island Championship 2022. A 19.88 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Coping in Auckland 2025 · 5 Jul 2025
- Wellington Winter 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Wellington Skewb Showdown 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Johnsonville FTOpen 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Welcome to Wellington 2024 · 30 Mar 2024
- New Zealand Nationals 2023 · 8 Dec 2023
- FMC New Zealand 2023 · 19 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Half Turns Hataitai 2023 · 7 Oct 2023
- NZ South Island Championship 2023 · 7 Jul 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Palmerston North 2023 · 16 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Wellington Summer 2023 · 18 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- NZ North Island Championship 2022 · 2 Sep 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.
- Aneurin Hunt — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Jack Maddigan — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Jack McDougall — met in 64 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.32 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
Targets move as he improves.