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Paul Taylor

3×3 · top 77.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024TAYL18

Paul Taylor has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 40.79, set at Chichester April 2025, puts him in the top 77.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,531st in the United Kingdom. Across 3 competitions since September 2024, he has put 27 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:19.96 in September 2024 to 40.79, a 49% improvement. Paul has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 77.8% of 284,439 all-time
40.79
signature single · Chichester April 2025
27
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×340.7952.39
top 77.8%5,531 / 6,689
Skewb17.9130.83
top 86.0%2,114 / 2,421
2×216.2224.42
top 92.2%4,632 / 4,895
4×43:32.56
early days — 2 solves2,065 / 2,071

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

Stevenage Beginners September A 2024: 1:19.96Chichester April 2025: 40.7940.791:19.9614 Sep 202426 Apr 2025

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-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
  • A sub-15 Skewb single — 57,358 people have one; it is 2.91 away.

Targets move as he improves.