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Sophie Gilbert

Megaminx · top 0.4% of 34,786 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022GILB05

Sophie Gilbert has been competing for 4 years. Her best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 32.19, set at Kewbz UK Championship 2026, puts her in the top 0.4% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in the United Kingdom. Until May 2017, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 43 competitions since July 2022, she has put 2,462 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 21.03 in July 2022 to 6.99, a 67% improvement. Sophie has entered 43 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Megaminx
best event — top 0.4% of 34,786 all-time
32.19
signature single · Kewbz UK Championship 2026
2,462
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
Megaminx32.1937.63
top 0.4%6 / 966
Pyraminx1.884.46
top 0.95%40 / 3,656
3×36.999.26
top 1.3%105 / 6,689
2×21.443.43
top 1.9%151 / 4,895
Clock4.234.88
top 2.8%43 / 1,232
3×3 one-handed12.2719.11
top 3.4%66 / 1,851
4×433.4035.33
top 5.3%125 / 2,071
5×51:01.361:07.42
top 6.3%83 / 1,151
3×3 blindfolded41.9648.07
top 7.4%38 / 311
Skewb3.915.98
top 10.3%233 / 2,421
Square-112.5318.71
top 10.9%111 / 778
6×62:01.582:08.37
top 11.6%76 / 548
3×3 Multi-Blind13 of 15 cubes · 54:50—
top 14.6%33 / 126
7×73:21.173:27.55
top 16.7%75 / 459
4×4 blindfolded4:37.745:31.50
top 18.9%28 / 84
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves39.33
top 37.3%158 / 372
5×5 blindfolded17:02.00—
early days — 1 solve28 / 50

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

Norwich Summer 2022: 21.03Chippenham Autumn 2022: 14.30Wiltshire Winter 2023: 10.27Brent Cross Winter 2023: 12.14Reading Spring 2023: 12.61Weston-super-Mare Spring 2023: 11.04Hampshire Spring 2023: 11.31August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023: 10.66Harrow Autumn 2023: 10.02Guildford Autumn 2023: 10.08Wiltshire December 2023: 10.23Stevenage January 2024: 10.52Wiltshire February 2024: 10.11Hampshire Winter 2024: 10.03Wiltshire March 2024: 9.49Stevenage April 2024: 8.82Newcastle Tyneside Spring 2024: 8.90Chichester Summer 2024: 9.41Wiltshire September 2024: 8.64Hampshire Autumn 2024: 9.45Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 8.85Wiltshire November 2024: 9.60Weston-super-Mare Winter 2025: 9.68Chichester January 2025: 9.25Hampshire Winter 2025: 9.11Wiltshire Spring 2025: 8.66Bristol June 2025: 9.47Rubik's UK Championship 2025: 8.33Hampshire Autumn 2025: 6.99Wiltshire Winter 2025: 7.77Weston-super-Mare Winter 2026: 7.69Wiltshire Spring 2026: 8.12Bristol June 2026: 8.32Hampshire Summer 2026: 7.97Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 8.87South Wales Summer 2026: 7.98Kewbz UK Championship 2026: 8.226.9921.0330 Jul 202228 Aug 2026

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 her.

  • Dorian Chan — met in 319 rounds, finished ahead 205 times
  • Aidan Grainger — met in 304 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
  • Ben Stokes — met in 298 rounds, finished ahead 39 times

Next targets

  • A sub-30 Megaminx single — 75 people have one; it is 2.19 away.
  • A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.88 away.

Targets move as she improves.