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Peter Barnwell

3×3 · top 0.58% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022BARN23

Peter Barnwell has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.15, set at Chill Cubing in Chilliwack 2026, puts him in the top 0.58% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 52nd in Canada. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 43 competitions since November 2022, he has put 2,062 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.48 in November 2022 to 6.15, a 27% improvement. Peter has entered 43 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.58% of 284,439 all-time
6.15
signature single · Chill Cubing in Chilliwack 2026
2,062
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×36.157.68
top 0.58%52 / 10,392
Megaminx36.1844.68
top 0.81%6 / 1,375
2×21.221.75
top 1.1%75 / 7,173
Pyraminx2.343.60
top 1.8%66 / 4,858
4×429.0935.36
top 2.3%56 / 3,118
3×3 one-handed12.4215.97
top 3.6%77 / 2,620
Skewb2.765.05
top 3.9%67 / 2,907
5×558.291:05.24
top 4.7%49 / 1,499
6×62:02.242:13.81
top 11.9%51 / 665
Clock8.409.90
top 17.1%139 / 1,029
7×73:29.723:48.81
top 19.7%77 / 503
Square-122.0927.45
top 32.7%286 / 952
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves39.00
early days — 3 solves106 / 283

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

UBC Odd Weekend 2022: 8.48Richmond Favourites 2023: 8.33Nanaimo Swing into Spring 2023: 7.49Cubing on Par B 2023: 8.43BC Spring Solving A 2023: 8.96Vancouver Pride 2023: 8.57Canadian Championship 2023: 9.17Cubing Around Metrotown 2023: 7.76Vancouver Fall Fest 2023: 7.28Canada's Best in the West 2024: 7.41Burnaby Basics 2024: 7.75Kenmore Mini C 2024: 8.04Vancouver Newcomers Afternoon 2024: 7.57Richmond Rumble 2024: 6.95Pitt Meadows Spring Open 2024: 6.69Vancouver's on Tracks 2024: 7.00CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2024: 7.17BC Championship 2024: 6.90Vancouver Southlands Sprint 2024: 7.58Cubing With Cold Hands Whistler 2024: 8.18Maple Ridge Favourites 2025: 7.97PR Time in Burnaby 2025: 7.49Chill Cubing in Chilliwack 2025: 6.64Penticton Lakeside 2025: 7.37Surrey Monday Open 2025: 7.22Warm Up Vancouver 2025: 7.35Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 7.51Burnaby Summer 2025: 6.53Make Cutoff Maple Ridge 2025: 7.34Richmond Fall 2025: 7.46What Are the Odds Coquitlam 2025: 7.12Burnaby Winter 2026: 7.22Vancouver Mini Morning 2026: 7.27Richmond Spring 2026: 7.68Burnaby Cubes Big & Small 2026: 7.76Chill Cubing in Chilliwack 2026: 6.15BC Championship 2026: 6.426.159.1711 Nov 20227 Aug 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
  • A sub-30 Megaminx single — 75 people have one; it is 6.18 away.

Targets move as he improves.