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Madeline Willoughby-Khan

3×3 · top 7.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019WILL30

Madeline Willoughby-Khan has been competing for 7 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.13, set at Spark Melbourne July 2025, puts her in the top 7.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 718th in Australia. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since November 2019, she has put 411 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 15.47 in November 2019 to 10.13, a 35% improvement. Madeline has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.8% of 284,439 all-time
10.13
signature single · Spark Melbourne July 2025
411
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×310.1312.00
top 7.8%718 / 11,709
2×22.553.69
top 9.4%709 / 8,567
4×440.9245.15
top 13.2%330 / 3,051
Clock7.678.31
top 13.6%153 / 1,095
3×3 one-handed20.0724.05
top 20.7%469 / 2,659
Pyraminx6.1210.20
top 20.9%1,042 / 5,993
5×51:24.711:33.73
top 23.0%306 / 1,356
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves36.33
top 23.4%116 / 468
Skewb5.916.69
top 25.1%667 / 3,534
Megaminx1:26.241:29.68
top 25.8%322 / 1,277
Square-127.2731.36
top 44.1%426 / 899
6×63:41.86—
top 59.4%365 / 641
7×75:39.19—
early days — 1 solve296 / 523
3×3 blindfolded3:54.52—
top 66.7%295 / 394
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 16:40—
early days — 1 solve125 / 180

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

Odd Day in Sydney 2019: 15.47Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023: 14.83Victorian Open 2023: 14.06Melbourne Cube Days 2023: 12.03Melbourne Summer 2024: 10.98Altona Algorithms 2024: 12.78Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024: 11.51Melbourne Summer 2025: 12.41Spark Melbourne July 2025: 10.13Puzzling Pakenham Sunday 2025: 11.52Melbourne Summer 2026: 10.67North-East Melbourne March Saturday 2026: 10.88Australian Nationals 2026: 11.5310.1315.4710 Nov 20199 Jul 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.55 away.

Targets move as she improves.