People · Australia
Paul Blackman
3×3 · top 54.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025BLAC02
Paul Blackman has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 25.59, set at Canberra Spring Open 2026, puts him in the top 54.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,801st in Australia. Across 3 competitions since January 2025, he has put 13 official solves on the record across one event. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.85 in January 2025 to 25.59, a 17% improvement. Paul 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 | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 25.59 | 31.47 | top 54.0% | 5,801 / 11,943 |
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
- 19 Sep 2026First sub-30 3×3: 25.59 at Canberra Spring Open 2026.
- 11 Jan 2025First competition: Cubing at The Cube 2025. A 30.85 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Canberra Spring Open 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Australian Capital Territory Championship 2025 · 6 Dec 2025
- Cubing at The Cube 2025 · 11 Jan 2025
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.
- Kent Thomson — met in 3 rounds, never finished ahead
- Alena Weiley — met in 3 rounds, never finished ahead
- Cass Hopkins — met in 3 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 151,957 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
Targets move as he improves.