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Monty Harkness
3×3 · top 19.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019HARK02
Monty Harkness has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.47, set at Christmas City Cubing PA 2025, puts him in the top 19.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,266th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since November 2019, he has put 39 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.11 in November 2019 to 13.47, an 11% improvement. Monty has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 13.47 | 15.88 | top 19.1% | 10,266 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 1:04.45 | 1:16.77 | top 41.2% | 6,722 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.34 | 43.78 | top 56.1% | 7,782 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 2:42.76 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,323 / 9,401 |
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
- 4 Oct 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.33 at Christmas City Cubing PA 2025.
- 16 Nov 2019First competition: Austin Fall 2019. A 17.47 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Christmas City Cubing PA 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Houston Winter 2020 · 25 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Austin Fall 2019 · 16 Nov 2019 — 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.
- Page Tan — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead once
- Tristan Patrick — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jadon Castillo — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.47 away.
- A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 30,601 people have one; it is 4.45 away.
Targets move as he improves.