People · Australia
Rory Smiles
2×2 · top 67.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025SMIL01
Rory Smiles has been competing for 9 months. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 7.91, set at North-East Melbourne March Saturday 2026, puts him in the top 67.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,475th in Australia. Across 2 competitions since November 2025, he has put 18 official solves on the record across two events. His 2×2 best has come down from 11.25 in November 2025 to 7.91, a 30% improvement. Rory has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 7.91 | 11.10 | top 67.2% | 5,475 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 | 33.31 | 36.29 | top 68.0% | 7,675 / 11,709 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 29 Nov 2025First competition: Melbourne Cube Days 2025. A 39.26 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- North-East Melbourne March Saturday 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
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.
- Greg Longney — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Zac Meulenkamp — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead once
- Tommy Kiprillis — met in 4 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.91 away.
- A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 3.31 away.
Targets move as he improves.