People · United Kingdom
Kobe Blackford
2×2 · top 18.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022BLAC07
Kobe Blackford has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.37, set at Harrow Autumn 2023, puts him in the top 18.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,067th in the United Kingdom. Across 11 competitions since October 2022, he has put 215 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 46.59 in October 2022 to 20.42, a 56% improvement. Kobe has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.37 | 6.76 | top 18.6% | 1,067 / 4,895 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.27 | 13.83 | top 38.5% | 1,554 / 3,656 | |
| 3×3 | 20.42 | 23.61 | top 41.1% | 2,846 / 6,689 | |
| Skewb | 10.85 | 15.60 | top 60.0% | 1,436 / 2,421 | |
| Clock | 31.13 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,083 / 1,232 |
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
- 20 May 2023First sub-30 3×3: 23.06 at Stevenage May 2023.
- 20 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at Stevenage May 2023.
- 21 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at Stevenage January 2023.
- 28 Oct 2022First competition: Kewbz UK Championship 2022. A 46.59 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Leicestershire Autumn 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
- Rubik's UK Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025
- Rubik's UK Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024
- Leicestershire Autumn 2024 · 28 Sep 2024
- Rubik's UK Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Harrow Autumn 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Peterborough Summer 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage May 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Lincolnshire Winter 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage January 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Kewbz UK Championship 2022 · 28 Oct 2022
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.
- Felix Hincks — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Daniel Partridge — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
- Matt Stephenson — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
Targets move as he improves.