People · United Kingdom
Seth Gubb
2×2 · top 6.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022GUBB01
Seth Gubb has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.22, set at Weston-super-Mare Winter 2025, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 456th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since November 2022, he has put 344 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.44 in November 2022 to 11.12, a 48% improvement. Seth 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.22 | 4.62 | top 6.4% | 456 / 4,895 | |
| 3×3 | 11.12 | 13.15 | top 10.9% | 780 / 6,689 | |
| Skewb | 5.31 | 18.04 | top 20.6% | 468 / 2,421 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.48 | 14.62 | top 23.7% | 928 / 3,656 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.92 | 31.11 | top 36.6% | 652 / 1,851 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.37 | 1:16.91 | top 39.0% | 850 / 2,071 | |
| 5×5 | 3:24.43 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,066 / 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
- 3 Jun 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.56 at Exeter Summer 2023.
- 3 Jun 2023Five personal bests in one day at Exeter Summer 2023.
- 25 Mar 2023First sub-20 3×3: 17.40 at Wiltshire Spring 2023.
- 25 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at Wiltshire Spring 2023.
- 19 Nov 2022First competition: Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2022. A 21.44 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Weston-super-Mare Winter 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Bristol Winter Open 2024 · 14 Dec 2024
- Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2024 · 16 Nov 2024
- Rubik's UK Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Wiltshire September 2024 · 21 Sep 2024
- Bristol Summer 2024 · 13 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Wiltshire March 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bristol Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Wiltshire Autumn 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bristol Summer 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Exeter Summer 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Weston-super-Mare Spring 2023 · 13 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Wiltshire Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2022 · 19 Nov 2022
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.
- Oliver Richards — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Rufus Cripps — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead once
- Kenny Forbes — met in 68 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.