People · Australia
Simon B. Maule
2×2 · top 3.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022MAUL01
Simon B. Maule has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.70, set at Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 250th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since October 2022, he has put 231 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.72 in October 2022 to 18.19, a 48% improvement. Simon has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.70 | 5.85 | top 3.1% | 250 / 8,567 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.38 | 11.73 | top 15.6% | 757 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 | 18.19 | 22.33 | top 34.7% | 3,321 / 11,709 | |
| 4×4 | 1:32.99 | — | top 65.8% | 1,887 / 3,051 | |
| Skewb | 13.14 | 15.32 | top 71.3% | 2,420 / 3,534 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 54.53 | — | top 80.4% | 2,014 / 2,659 | |
| Megaminx | 3:20.80 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,101 / 1,277 | |
| 5×5 | 3:49.59 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,291 / 1,356 |
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
- 18 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023.
- 12 Feb 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.14 at Kensington Summer Sunday 2023.
- 20 Jan 2023Four personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2023.
- 15 Dec 2022First sub-30 3×3: 25.97 at Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022.
- 15 Oct 2022First competition: Koalafication Melbourne 2022. A 34.72 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Melbourne Cube Days 2023 · 11 Nov 2023
- The Big Cube Melbourne 2023 · 14 Oct 2023
- Cubing with Penguins by Phillip Island 2023 · 16 Sep 2023
- Cranbourne Spring Sunday 2023 · 10 Sep 2023
- Melbourne Cubing for Kids Sunday 2023 · 27 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Victorian Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- St Oliver's Speedy Sunday 2023 · 21 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Kensington Summer Sunday 2023 · 12 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Summer 2023 · 20 Jan 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2022 · 12 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Koalafication Melbourne 2022 · 15 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.
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 49 rounds, never finished ahead
- Matthew Sieredzinski — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead once
- Lennon Hughes — met in 43 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.