People · United Kingdom
Peter Gilmour
3×3 · top 5.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025GILM04
Peter Gilmour has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.30, set at Falkirk Open 2026, puts him in the top 5.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 412th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since September 2025, he has put 119 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.86 in September 2025 to 9.30, a 33% improvement. Peter has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.30 | 13.16 | top 5.6% | 412 / 6,689 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.86 | 7.78 | top 12.3% | 482 / 3,656 | |
| 2×2 | 2.84 | 5.00 | top 12.4% | 770 / 4,895 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.84 | 28.95 | top 17.4% | 323 / 1,851 | |
| Skewb | 8.17 | 10.76 | top 42.6% | 1,011 / 2,421 | |
| 4×4 | 1:10.74 | 1:26.82 | top 47.6% | 1,031 / 2,071 | |
| 5×5 | 2:32.96 | 2:39.74 | top 67.2% | 828 / 1,151 |
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
- 21 Feb 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.30 at Falkirk Open 2026.
- 21 Feb 2026Four personal bests in one day at Falkirk Open 2026.
- 20 Sep 2025First competition: Edinburgh Autumn 2025. A 13.86 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Glasgow Favourites Evening VI 2026 · 17 Mar 2026
- Falkirk Open 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Edinburgh Winter 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Edinburgh Autumn 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 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.
- Shiraz Malik — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Daniel Schmitt — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Theo Leyton — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.30 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.