People · United Kingdom
Rafe Murray
Clock · top 11.6% of 32,817 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024MURR08
Rafe Murray has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 7.18, set at Stevenage March 2025, puts him in the top 11.6% of the 32,817 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 163rd in the United Kingdom. Across 9 competitions since August 2024, he has put 319 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.55 in August 2024 to 12.80, a 35% improvement. Rafe has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 7.18 | 8.31 | top 11.6% | 163 / 1,255 | |
| 2×2 | 2.94 | 4.35 | top 13.6% | 841 / 4,946 | |
| 3×3 | 12.80 | 14.41 | top 16.8% | 1,147 / 6,785 | |
| Skewb | 5.29 | 6.85 | top 20.5% | 468 / 2,439 | |
| 4×4 | 53.02 | 57.39 | top 28.5% | 654 / 2,112 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.78 | 9.69 | top 34.4% | 1,390 / 3,704 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.18 | 31.94 | top 39.9% | 710 / 1,861 | |
| 5×5 | 1:54.55 | 2:04.73 | top 45.8% | 581 / 1,167 | |
| Megaminx | 2:36.99 | — | top 64.8% | 762 / 998 | |
| 6×6 | 4:24.34 | — | early days — 1 solve | 439 / 560 | |
| Square-1 | 55.67 | — | early days — 2 solves | 657 / 789 | |
| 7×7 | 7:24.21 | — | early days — 1 solve | 414 / 463 |
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
- 25 Jan 2025Five personal bests in one day at Stevenage January 2025.
- 7 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at Stevenage December 2024.
- 28 Sep 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.82 at Battersea Autumn 2024.
- 28 Sep 2024Five personal bests in one day at Battersea Autumn 2024.
- 22 Aug 2024First competition: Mind Sports Olympiad London 2024. A 19.55 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Stevenage March 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage January 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Stevenage December 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage October 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Battersea Autumn 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Stevenage Beginners September A 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Kewbz UK Open 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Mind Sports Olympiad London 2024 · 22 Aug 2024
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.
- Satya Bhavesh Gala — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Harry Allen — met in 63 rounds, never finished ahead
- James Kyoichi Curry (ジェイムス 恭一) — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,366 people have one; it is 1.18 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
Targets move as he improves.