People · United Kingdom
Sahil Belmonte
3×3 · top 6.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023BELM03
Sahil Belmonte has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.50, set at Rebel County Colours 2025, puts him in the top 6.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 462nd in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since October 2023, he has put 355 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.41 in October 2023 to 9.50, a 70% improvement. Sahil has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.50 | 14.28 | top 6.1% | 462 / 6,689 | |
| 2×2 | 2.39 | 4.11 | top 7.9% | 536 / 4,895 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.22 | 8.85 | top 14.6% | 556 / 3,656 | |
| Skewb | 8.03 | 12.66 | top 41.5% | 980 / 2,421 | |
| Clock | 14.39 | 16.60 | top 45.5% | 603 / 1,232 | |
| 4×4 | 1:22.60 | 1:27.89 | top 58.0% | 1,259 / 2,071 | |
| 5×5 | 3:37.86 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,098 / 1,151 |
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
- 21 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at Cork Spring 2026.
- 27 Sep 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.50 at Rebel County Colours 2025.
- 27 Sep 2025Five personal bests in one day at Rebel County Colours 2025.
- 22 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cork Spring 2025.
- 6 Apr 2024First sub-20 3×3: 16.52 at Bolton Spring 2024.
- 6 Apr 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.92 at Bolton Spring 2024.
Competitions
- Bolton Spring 2026 · 28 Mar 2026
- Cork Spring 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Rebel County Colours 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025
- Rubik's Irish Championship 2025 · 15 Aug 2025
- Bolton Spring 2025 · 5 Apr 2025
- Cork Spring 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Don't Fail Kinsale 2024 · 30 Nov 2024
- Rubik's UK Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2024 · 23 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bolton Summer 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Wakefield Summer 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bolton Spring 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Manchester Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Wakefield Autumn 2023 · 7 Oct 2023
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.
- Luke Burns — met in 43 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ben Timmons — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Caleb Wolf Dunn — met in 39 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.50 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.