People · Canada
Silas Farquharson
3×3 · top 4.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024FARQ01
Silas Farquharson has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.95, set at Western Ontario Winter 2025, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 452nd in Canada. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since February 2024, he has put 79 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.31 in February 2024 to 8.95, a 27% improvement. Silas has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.95 | 14.68 | top 4.7% | 452 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 3.78 | 4.45 | top 23.7% | 1,588 / 7,173 | |
| 4×4 | 56.91 | 1:02.26 | top 33.0% | 869 / 3,118 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.38 | 12.39 | top 39.5% | 1,819 / 4,858 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.19 | 43.09 | top 49.3% | 1,146 / 2,620 | |
| 5×5 | 2:06.06 | 2:13.90 | top 53.1% | 703 / 1,499 |
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
- 23 Mar 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.95 at Western Ontario Winter 2025.
- 24 Feb 2024First competition: London Winter 2024. A 13.83 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Western Ontario Winter 2025 · 23 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Waterloo Winter 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Appleby Summer 2024 · 6 Jul 2024
- London Winter 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Roan Paone — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead once
- Tin Huang — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Christian Eifert — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.