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Rhys Lloyd

3×3 · top 0.62% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2014 · 2014LLOY02

Rhys Lloyd has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.20, set at Australian Nationals 2026, puts him in the top 0.62% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 66th in Australia. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since August 2014, he has put 1,097 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.46 in August 2014 to 6.20, a 60% improvement. Rhys has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.62% of 288,433 all-time
6.20
signature single · Australian Nationals 2026
1,097
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 84% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×36.208.21
top 0.62%66 / 11,943
4×429.4836.66
top 2.6%70 / 3,108
2×21.653.52
top 2.9%234 / 8,727
3×3 one-handed12.5714.34
top 3.8%89 / 2,685
5×51:02.211:08.75
top 6.8%96 / 1,412
6×62:06.222:11.63
top 13.9%86 / 667
7×73:19.613:32.69
top 16.2%74 / 540
Skewb5.7011.04
top 23.5%639 / 3,589
Megaminx1:40.901:47.72
top 35.2%447 / 1,313
Pyraminx8.8810.93
top 43.8%2,454 / 6,109
3×3 blindfolded2:33.093:11.25
top 44.3%195 / 399
Square-130.9441.14
top 51.2%509 / 920

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

Australian Nationals 2014: 15.46Sydney Spring 2014: 13.25Sydney Autumn 2015: 12.52Sydney Winter 2015: 11.99Sydney Summer 2015: 10.44Sydney Autumn 2016: 10.84Australian Nationals 2016: 9.12Sydney Championship 2016: 10.24Sydney Winter 2017: 9.28Sydney Championship 2017: 9.85Warm Up Sydney 2018: 6.62Odd Day in Sydney 2018: 10.73Odd Day in Sydney 2019: 8.47Sydney Open 2019: 8.36Sydney Re-Open Saturday 2021: 7.08Marrickville Autumn Saturday 2021: 8.90Tramsheds Series Sunday 2022: 7.44Sydney Spring Saturday 2024: 7.60NSW State Championship 2025: 8.35Tramsheds V: Autumn Saturday 2025: 6.40Tramsheds VI: Winter Saturday 2025: 8.12Cubing at The Cube 2026: 7.68NxNjoyable Sydney Gathering 2026: 7.22Tramsheds IX: June Saturday 2026: 7.73Australian Nationals 2026: 6.20Tramsheds X: Winter Sunday 2026: 8.49Thirroul Beachside Twist 2026: 7.356.2015.4616 Aug 201417 Oct 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.

  • Bryan Eng — met in 131 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
  • Kent Thomson — met in 123 rounds, finished ahead 77 times
  • Caleb Clark — met in 114 rounds, finished ahead 55 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 614 people have one; it is 4.48 away.

Targets move as he improves.