People · United Kingdom
Monty Blackwell
3×3 · top 24.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023BLAC12
Monty Blackwell has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.05, set at Chichester April 2025, puts him in the top 24.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,633rd in the United Kingdom. Across 10 competitions since September 2023, he has put 140 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.35 in September 2023 to 15.05, a 36% improvement. Monty has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 15.05 | 18.47 | top 24.6% | 1,633 / 6,689 | |
| 2×2 | 5.79 | 7.18 | top 48.6% | 2,534 / 4,895 | |
| 4×4 | 1:25.68 | — | top 60.4% | 1,311 / 2,071 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 57.37 | — | top 82.3% | 1,527 / 1,851 |
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
- 31 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Kewbz UK Open 2024.
- 20 Jul 2024Three personal bests in one day at Chichester Summer 2024.
- 17 Feb 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.32 at Hampshire Winter 2024.
- 30 Sep 2023First competition: Kent Autumn 2023. A 23.35 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Chichester April 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Hampshire Winter 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Chichester January 2025 · 18 Jan 2025
- Hampshire Autumn 2024 · 19 Oct 2024
- Kewbz UK Open 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Chichester Summer 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Stevenage May 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hampshire Winter 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Guildford Autumn 2023 · 11 Nov 2023
- Kent Autumn 2023 · 30 Sep 2023
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.
- Ben Stokes — met in 38 rounds, never finished ahead
- Reuben Ingram — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Bertie Longden — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
Targets move as he improves.