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Seth Sydney

3×3 · top 6.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023SYDN01

Seth Sydney has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.69, set at Kewbz UK Open 2024, puts him in the top 6.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 499th in the United Kingdom. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since June 2023, he has put 140 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.05 in June 2023 to 9.69, a 40% improvement. Seth has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.6% of 284,439 all-time
9.69
signature single · Kewbz UK Open 2024
140
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 98% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×39.6912.33
top 6.6%499 / 6,689
2×22.313.75
top 7.1%495 / 4,895
Pyraminx5.267.64
top 14.8%570 / 3,656
Skewb6.179.08
top 27.1%629 / 2,421
4×41:01.071:12.16
top 37.6%822 / 2,071
Clock14.0716.22
top 44.2%593 / 1,232

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

Stevenage June 2023: 16.05Stevenage Newcomers Saturday 2024: 12.00Stevenage May 2024: 10.21Kewbz UK Open 2024: 9.699.6916.0524 Jun 202331 Aug 2024

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.69 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.31 away.

Targets move as he improves.