People · United Kingdom
Simon A. Hall
2×2 · top 2.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022HALL19
Simon A. Hall has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.52, set at Wiltshire November 2024, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 175th in the United Kingdom. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since October 2022, he has put 635 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.45 in October 2022 to 14.94, a 33% improvement. Simon has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 1.52 | 4.40 | top 2.2% | 175 / 4,895 | |
| Clock | 7.95 | 9.39 | top 15.0% | 214 / 1,232 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.70 | 9.29 | top 17.8% | 691 / 3,656 | |
| 3×3 | 14.94 | 16.65 | top 24.2% | 1,610 / 6,689 | |
| Skewb | 7.39 | 10.65 | top 36.7% | 870 / 2,421 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.89 | 39.92 | top 41.7% | 736 / 1,851 | |
| 4×4 | 1:33.43 | 1:42.79 | top 66.1% | 1,460 / 2,071 |
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
- 15 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Crewe Winter 2025.
- 25 Jan 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.94 at Manchester January 2025.
- 26 Aug 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.27 at August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023.
- 26 Aug 2023Four personal bests in one day at August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023.
- 28 Oct 2022First competition: Kewbz UK Championship 2022. A 22.45 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kewbz UK Championship 2026 · 28 Aug 2026
- Crewe May 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Leeds Spring 2026 · 11 Apr 2026
- Crewe Spring 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Leicestershire Autumn 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
- Rubik's UK Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025
- Coventry Spring 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Crewe Spring 2025 · 10 May 2025
- Manchester Spring 2025 · 18 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Birmingham Spring 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Crewe Winter 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Manchester January 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Wiltshire November 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024
- Leicestershire Autumn 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Lincolnshire Summer 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Manchester Spring 2024 · 29 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Wakefield Autumn 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Wakefield Spring 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Lincolnshire Winter 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Kewbz UK Championship 2022 · 28 Oct 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.
- Benjamin Espinosa — met in 97 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Matt Stephenson — met in 94 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Caleb Wolf Dunn — met in 91 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 1.95 away.
Targets move as he improves.