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Seth Ferry

3×3 · top 0.17% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017FERR01

Seth Ferry has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.22, set at Playford Cubing 2023, puts him in the top 0.17% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 23rd in Australia. Until November 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 43 competitions since January 2017, he has put 1,996 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.90 in January 2017 to 5.22, a 56% improvement. Seth has entered 43 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.17% of 288,433 all-time
5.22
signature single · Playford Cubing 2023
1,996
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×35.226.74
top 0.17%23 / 11,943
3×3 one-handed8.2312.29
top 0.24%11 / 2,685
4×423.8128.83
top 0.47%13 / 3,108
2×21.262.58
top 1.2%131 / 8,727
5×548.4254.95
top 1.4%18 / 1,412
Megaminx42.4347.33
top 2.2%31 / 1,313
Square-19.7212.76
top 5.6%59 / 920
6×61:46.521:55.29
top 6.1%36 / 667
Pyraminx4.406.25
top 9.7%447 / 6,109
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves34.00
top 17.5%81 / 474
3×3 blindfolded2:31.08—
top 43.7%190 / 399
Skewb8.5213.82
top 45.2%1,432 / 3,589
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 18:56—
early days — 1 solve94 / 186

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

Adelaide Summer 2017: 11.90Adelaide Summer 2018: 10.88Adelaide Summer 2019: 8.57Koalafication Adelaide 2019: 8.37WCA World Championship 2019: 8.18Adelaide Summer 2020: 7.75Adelaide Twin Saturday 2021: 8.00SA State Championship 2021: 7.20Adelaide Summer 2022: 6.09South Australian Open 2022: 7.07Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 6.91Adelaide Summer 2023: 7.26Adelaide Autumn 2023: 7.50Adelaide Winter Sunday 2023: 7.14South Australian Open 2023: 5.99Australian Nationals 2023: 6.79Playford Cubing 2023: 5.22Mildura Madness 2023: 6.17Adelaide Summer 2024: 6.19Melbourne Summer 2024: 6.21Half Turns in Hallett Cove 2024: 6.62Australian Nationals 2024: 6.01Northern Adelaide Cubing 2024: 5.76Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024: 6.05Adelaide Summer 2025: 6.90Melbourne Summer 2025: 6.07All Welcome Adelaide 2025: 7.22Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 6.25SA State Championship 2025: 5.95Australian Nationals 2025: 5.43Marino Madness 2025: 6.42Adelaide Summer 2026: 5.99Melbourne Summer 2026: 6.52Australian Nationals 2026: 6.15Klemzig Kubing Decathlon 2026: 5.835.2211.9021 Jan 201722 Aug 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-5 3×3 single — 355 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 one-handed single — 155 people have one; it is 0.23 away.

Targets move as he improves.