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Rupert Rust

3×3 · top 5.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018RUST07

Rupert Rust has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.17, set at Tramsheds VII: Spring Sunday 2025, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 492nd in Australia. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since August 2018, he has put 829 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 53.01 in August 2018 to 9.17, an 83% improvement. Rupert has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.3% of 284,439 all-time
9.17
signature single · Tramsheds VII: Spring Sunday 2025
829
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×39.1710.30
top 5.3%492 / 11,709
Pyraminx3.605.55
top 5.9%261 / 5,993
2×22.233.13
top 6.5%484 / 8,567
Skewb3.595.45
top 8.3%225 / 3,534
4×439.8544.02
top 12.0%308 / 3,051
3×3 one-handed17.0922.86
top 12.8%293 / 2,659
Megaminx1:08.111:11.53
top 14.5%176 / 1,277
Clock8.9110.69
top 19.6%220 / 1,095
Square-119.3633.88
top 26.4%252 / 899
5×51:38.861:43.06
top 34.5%464 / 1,356
6×63:27.443:41.02
top 53.8%332 / 641
3×3 Fewest Moves44 moves45.67
top 62.5%278 / 468
7×76:03.616:26.63
top 68.6%324 / 523
3×3 blindfolded8:00.41—
early days — 1 solve386 / 394
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 4 cubes · 29:34—
early days — 1 solve177 / 180

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

Warm Up Sydney 2018: 53.01Australian Nationals 2018: 50.78Cool Down Sydney 2019: 32.95Harold Park Classic 2019: 27.56Enjoyable Sydney Gathering 2020: 17.75Sydney Re-Open Sunday 2021: 25.08Marrickville Autumn Sunday 2021: 17.14North Sydney Cube Day 2023: 15.31Marrickville Mini May Open 2023: 15.40Warm Up Sydney Sunday 2023: 14.34Simple Sydney Sunday 2023: 14.47Sydney Summer 2023: 11.52Tramsheds I: Newcomer Sunday 2024: 11.69Capital Cubing in Canberra Sunday 2024: 11.15Tramsheds II: May Sunday 2024: 11.13Australian Nationals 2024: 12.99Canberra Spring 2024: 11.05NSW State Championship 2025: 9.93Tramsheds VI: Winter Sunday 2025: 9.23Tramsheds VII: Spring Sunday 2025: 9.17Tassie Summer 2026: 9.96Puzzling Parramatta 2026: 9.529.1753.0119 Aug 201823 May 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.17 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.60 away.

Targets move as he improves.