People · United States
Simon Drake
3×3 · top 8.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025DRAK01
Simon Drake has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.21, set at The Battle of Concord MA 2026, puts him in the top 8.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,448th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since March 2025, he has put 176 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% 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 19.28 in March 2025 to 10.21, a 47% improvement. Simon has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.21 | 11.42 | top 8.1% | 4,448 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.71 | 3.21 | top 11.0% | 4,349 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 41.80 | 51.60 | top 14.3% | 2,124 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.82 | 6.75 | top 18.7% | 4,959 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.06 | 30.77 | top 23.4% | 3,000 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 9.59 | 14.70 | top 52.4% | 9,433 / 18,907 |
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
- 8 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at The Battle of Concord MA 2026.
- 19 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2025.
- 30 Aug 2025First sub-15 3×3: 10.47 at Brookline Favorites III 2025.
- 30 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at Brookline Favorites III 2025.
- 29 Mar 2025First competition: Vermont Newcomers 2025. A 19.28 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- The Battle of Concord MA 2026 · 8 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Ipswich Fall 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Fitchburg Fall 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Brookline Favorites III 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- WPI Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Vermont Newcomers 2025 · 29 Mar 2025
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.
- Ian Kim — met in 34 rounds, never finished ahead
- Derek White — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead once
- Geordie Hine — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
Targets move as he improves.