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Stephen Waller

3×3 · top 1.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017WALL12

Stephen Waller has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.78, set at Carlisle Summer 2022, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 88th in the United Kingdom. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since December 2017, he has put 2,032 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.72 in December 2017 to 6.78, a 47% improvement. Stephen has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.1% of 284,439 all-time
6.78
signature single · Carlisle Summer 2022
2,032
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×36.788.54
top 1.1%88 / 6,689
Megaminx37.9145.87
top 1.1%18 / 966
2×21.522.86
top 2.2%175 / 4,895
Pyraminx2.555.11
top 2.3%86 / 3,656
3×3 one-handed12.2314.13
top 3.3%65 / 1,851
4×430.8434.62
top 3.4%81 / 2,071
5×557.521:08.59
top 4.3%59 / 1,151
Skewb2.934.40
top 4.7%108 / 2,421
Square-19.2913.50
top 4.9%47 / 778
Clock7.089.44
top 11.2%150 / 1,232
6×62:04.932:13.21
top 13.2%83 / 548
7×73:13.253:25.90
top 14.3%66 / 459
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves—
early days — 3 solves67 / 372
3×3 blindfolded4:13.82—
early days — 2 solves254 / 311

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

Dublin Open 2017: 12.72Manchester Open 2018: 13.27Irish Championship 2018: 9.26Stratford-upon-Avon Open 2018: 8.97UK Championship 2018: 9.59Manchester Open 2019: 9.24Chester Open 2019: 9.29British Summer Open 2019: 9.13Leeds Open 2019: 8.85Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2019: 8.59Nordic Championship 2019: 8.50UK Championship 2019: 9.30Doncaster Open 2020: 8.57Wakefield Open 2022: 8.13West London Open 2022: 7.99Chester Spring 2022: 7.95Glasgow Open 2022: 8.04Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 7.61Carlisle Summer 2022: 6.78Dublin Open Sunday 2022: 6.91Kewbz UK Championship 2022: 9.35Glasgow Spring 2023: 7.64Edinburgh Summer 2023: 7.52Glasgow Autumn 2023: 7.36Edinburgh Winter 2025: 7.36Dawgs at Denny UW 2026: 7.06Kent Spring 2026: 7.436.7813.272 Dec 201730 May 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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
  • A sub-30 Megaminx single — 75 people have one; it is 7.91 away.

Targets move as he improves.