People · United Kingdom
Leo Palfrey
3×3 · top 0.23% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016PALF01
Leo Palfrey has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.43, set at Glasgow Open 2022, puts him in the top 0.23% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 22nd in the United Kingdom. Until April 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since November 2016, he has put 265 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.35 in November 2016 to 5.43, a 65% improvement. Leo has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 5.43 | 8.38 | top 0.23% | 22 / 6,785 | |
| 4×4 | 33.76 | 35.66 | top 5.7% | 137 / 2,112 | |
| 2×2 | 2.68 | 3.33 | top 10.8% | 703 / 4,946 | |
| 5×5 | 1:20.49 | 1:22.44 | top 19.6% | 263 / 1,167 | |
| Square-1 | 21.49 | 27.95 | top 31.4% | 293 / 789 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.76 | 33.91 | top 41.4% | 734 / 1,861 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.91 | 10.47 | top 44.1% | 1,821 / 3,704 |
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
- 28 May 2022Four personal bests in one day at Glasgow Open 2022.
- 10 Apr 2022Three personal bests in one day at Farnworth Spring B 2022.
- 19 Feb 2022First sub-10 3×3: 8.73 at West London Open 2022.
- 19 Feb 2022Five personal bests in one day at West London Open 2022.
- 27 Jul 2019First sub-15 3×3: 10.29 at Leeds Open 2019.
- 27 Jul 2019Four personal bests in one day at Leeds Open 2019.
Competitions
- Edinburgh Winter 2024 · 27 Jan 2024
- Edinburgh Spring 2023 · 4 Mar 2023
- Kewbz UK Championship 2022 · 28 Oct 2022
- Carlisle Summer 2022 · 13 Aug 2022
- Glasgow Open 2022 · 28 May 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Farnworth Spring B 2022 · 10 Apr 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- West London Open 2022 · 19 Feb 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Leeds Open 2019 · 27 Jul 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- UK Championship 2016 · 4 Nov 2016 — 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.
- Cham J. Chambers — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Ryan Eckersley — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 34 times
- Stephen Waller — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 355 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 3.76 away.
Targets move as he improves.