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Madeline Willoughby-Khan

2×2 · top 2.4% of 189,179 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019WILL30

Madeline Willoughby-Khan has been competing for 7 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.55, set at Belgrave Open 2026, puts her in the top 2.4% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 200th in Australia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since November 2019, she has put 458 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 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 15.47 in November 2019 to 8.67, a 44% improvement. Madeline has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.4% of 189,179 all-time
1.55
signature single · Belgrave Open 2026
458
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
2×21.553.34
top 2.4%200 / 8,727
3×38.6711.57
top 4.1%394 / 11,943
4×440.9245.15
top 13.2%339 / 3,108
Clock7.678.31
top 13.6%157 / 1,159
5×51:21.661:28.74
top 20.5%283 / 1,412
3×3 one-handed20.0724.05
top 20.7%473 / 2,685
Pyraminx6.129.57
top 20.9%1,048 / 6,109
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves36.33
top 23.5%117 / 474
Skewb5.916.69
top 25.1%688 / 3,589
Megaminx1:26.241:29.68
top 25.8%329 / 1,313
Square-127.2731.36
top 44.1%434 / 920
6×63:41.86—
top 59.5%375 / 667
7×75:39.19—
early days — 1 solve304 / 540
3×3 blindfolded3:54.52—
top 66.7%300 / 399
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 16:40—
early days — 1 solve128 / 186

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: 11.53Belgrave Open 2026: 8.678.6715.4710 Nov 201912 Sep 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-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.67 away.

Targets move as she improves.