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Russell Earl

2×2 · top 35.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023EARL02

Russell Earl has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.68, set at Lopes Up AZ 2025, puts him in the top 35.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,057th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since May 2023, he has put 42 official solves on the record across six events. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.48 in May 2023 to 25.77, a 13% improvement. Russell has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 35.2% of 186,767 all-time
4.68
signature single · Lopes Up AZ 2025
42
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×24.686.62
top 35.2%14,057 / 40,951
3×325.7727.67
top 54.3%31,886 / 59,724
Skewb12.7016.29
top 69.4%13,039 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed1:04.14
top 86.3%13,028 / 15,683
4×42:29.35
early days — 2 solves17,528 / 19,072
Clock40.19
early days — 2 solves8,373 / 8,927

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

Never Stop Turning AZ 2023: 29.48Bring the Heat AZ 2024: 27.64Lopes Up AZ 2025: 25.77Bring the Heat AZ 2025: 34.1525.7734.1513 May 202319 Jul 2025

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-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
  • A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 0.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.