People · United Kingdom
Rory Gilmour
Skewb · top 8.0% of 74,164 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025GILM01
Rory Gilmour has been competing for a year. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.54, set at Glasgow Autumn Open 2025, puts him in the top 8.0% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 185th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since March 2025, he has put 148 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.39 in March 2025 to 19.85, a 25% improvement. Rory has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 3.54 | 14.91 | top 8.0% | 185 / 2,439 | |
| 2×2 | 3.80 | 6.40 | top 24.0% | 1,348 / 4,946 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.01 | 8.88 | top 28.0% | 1,126 / 3,704 | |
| 3×3 | 19.85 | 23.52 | top 39.6% | 2,765 / 6,785 | |
| Clock | 13.58 | 15.86 | top 42.1% | 571 / 1,255 |
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
- 27 Jun 2026Four personal bests in one day at Farewell Strathclyde University 2026.
- 21 Feb 2026First sub-20 3×3: 19.85 at Falkirk Open 2026.
- 20 Sep 2025Four personal bests in one day at Edinburgh Autumn 2025.
- 28 Mar 2025First competition: Glasgow 3x3 Evening March 2025. A 29.09 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Farewell Strathclyde University 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Falkirk Open 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Edinburgh Winter 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Glasgow Autumn Open 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Edinburgh Autumn 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025 · 30 May 2025
- Glasgow 3x3 Evening March 2025 · 28 Mar 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.
- Ryan Eckersley — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jamie Haazen — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead once
- Bella Campbell — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
Targets move as he improves.