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Patrick Blackburn

3×3 blindfolded · top 23.2% of 12,178 all-time · competing since October 2019 · 2019BLAC05

Patrick Blackburn has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 1:30.43, set at Merignac Open CuBeutrois 2026, puts him in the top 23.2% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 103rd in France. Across 21 competitions since October 2019, he has put 517 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:27.51 in October 2019 to 15.10, an 83% improvement. Patrick has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 23.2% of 12,178 all-time
1:30.43
signature single · Merignac Open CuBeutrois 2026
517
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 84% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFrance
3×3 blindfolded1:30.432:18.61
top 23.2%103 / 434
3×315.1018.71
top 24.8%1,163 / 4,746
Pyraminx9.6913.38
top 50.6%1,148 / 2,148
Clock16.1721.29
top 52.5%378 / 714
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 21:10
early days — 2 solves86 / 165
2×26.307.51
top 54.0%1,664 / 3,074
4×41:26.181:56.88
top 60.8%1,048 / 1,817
Skewb12.0316.54
top 66.2%877 / 1,291
3×3 Fewest Moves48 moves
early days — 2 solves286 / 367

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

Pau Open Fast'n Cuber 2019: 1:27.51Bayonne Atoutcubes Open 2023: 36.40Gan Open 2023: 23.62 Esprit Cube Open Bayonne 2023: 23.34Talence Open 2023: 23.85Bayonne Atoutcubes Open 2024: 17.13Couffoul'Events 2024: 23.16 Esprit Cube Open Bayonne 2024: 18.29Garidech Open 2024: 16.82Gan Open 2024: 17.68Bayonne Atoutcubes Open 2025: 18.88Bouillon Cube Pau'tos Jeux 2025: 16.63Couffouleux Open 2025: 18.04Gan Open 2025: 19.43Que Tout le Mont de 6 Faces 2025: 17.64Garidech Open 2025: 20.27Esprit Cube Anglet: PR Noël 2025: 15.22Merignac Open CuBeutrois 2026: 15.10Racines Cubik de Beutre 2026: 18.98Bayonne Atoutcubes Open 2026: 16.99Esprit Cube Labenne 2026: 15.1515.101:27.5112 Oct 201930 May 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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-1:30 3×3 blindfolded single — 2,810 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.10 away.

Targets move as he improves.