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Seth Malachy Wilson Paterson

Clock · top 0.48% of 32,817 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023PATE54

Seth Malachy Wilson Paterson has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 2.76, set at Falkirk Autumn 2026, puts him in the top 0.48% of the 32,817 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14th in the United Kingdom. Until June 2023, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since September 2023, he has put 770 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.89 in September 2023 to 8.53, a 61% improvement. Seth has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

Clock
best event — top 0.48% of 32,817 all-time
2.76
signature single · Falkirk Autumn 2026
770
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
Clock2.764.24
top 0.48%14 / 1,255
2×21.402.63
top 1.7%139 / 4,946
3×38.5310.46
top 3.8%310 / 6,785
Pyraminx3.495.14
top 5.4%211 / 3,704
Skewb3.776.87
top 9.4%211 / 2,439
4×440.3845.27
top 12.6%297 / 2,112
3×3 one-handed17.4422.75
top 13.8%262 / 1,861
Megaminx1:49.952:00.63
top 40.4%463 / 998
5×51:52.432:11.34
top 44.4%560 / 1,167
Square-134.7342.98
top 58.0%498 / 789
6×64:12.084:19.06
early days — 3 solves421 / 560

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

Glasgow Autumn 2023: 21.89Edinburgh Winter 2024: 13.73Glasgow Spring 2024: 13.84Edinburgh Summer Open 2024: 10.92Edinburgh Winter 2025: 11.67Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025: 11.57Edinburgh Autumn 2025: 8.53Glasgow Autumn Open 2025: 10.12Edinburgh Winter 2026: 10.09Falkirk Open 2026: 9.94Farewell Strathclyde University 2026: 10.88Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 9.56Falkirk Autumn 2026: 9.128.5321.8922 Sep 202317 Oct 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-2 Clock single — 18 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.40 away.

Targets move as he improves.