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Steve Clarke

3×3 blindfolded · top 17.7% of 12,178 all-time · competing since August 2015 · 2015CLAR13

Steve Clarke has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 1:14.56, set at Glasgow Spring - Scottish Blind Off 2025, puts him in the top 17.7% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 85th in the United Kingdom. Across 96 competitions since August 2015, he has put 392 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 blindfolded best has come down from 5:27.15 in August 2016 to 1:14.56, a 77% improvement. Steve has entered 96 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 17.7% of 12,178 all-time
1:14.56
signature single · Glasgow Spring - Scottish Blind Off 2025
392
official solves on the record
17%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 96% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×3 blindfolded1:14.561:52.33
top 17.7%85 / 311
3×3 Multi-Blind5 of 5 cubes · 40:02—
top 37.5%63 / 126
3×3 Fewest Moves42 moves43.33
top 55.5%226 / 372
3×351.9459.14
top 87.3%6,153 / 6,689
4×4 blindfolded24:56.00—
early days — 1 solve83 / 84
2×222.6724.61
top 97.0%4,814 / 4,895

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

August Bank Holiday Competition 2016: 5:27.15Manchester Open 2017: 4:28.05Newcastle-under-Lyme Open 2017: 3:21.92Crawley Open 2017: 3:28.08UK Championship 2017: 3:24.98Manchester Open 2018: 2:39.95High Wycombe Open 2018: 2:44.62WCA European Championship 2018: 2:26.24August Bank Holiday Competition 2018: 2:42.09Stratford-upon-Avon Open 2018: 3:05.92UK Championship 2018: 1:59.25Weston-super-Mare Open 2018: 2:45.47The Great British Blind Off 2019: 3:32.66Doncaster Open 2020: 3:24.27Manchester Open 2020: 2:05.86West London Open 2022: 1:57.14Kidderminster - British Blind Off 2022: 2:19.75Farnworth Spring D 2022: 1:50.17Stevenage Spring 2022: 2:08.66Manchester Summer - British Blind Off 2022: 2:00.80Lincoln Summer 2022: 2:11.37Chippenham Autumn 2022: 1:30.62Bishop's Stortford Autumn - British Blind Off 2022: 1:49.14Essex Winter 2022: 1:49.37Stevenage January 2023: 1:51.22Brent Cross Winter 2023: 1:53.04Lincolnshire Winter 2023: 3:18.75Bishop's Stortford Spring - British Blind Off 2023: 1:33.53Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023: 1:48.79Essex Spring 2023: 2:00.04Sheffield Spring - British Blind Off 2023: 2:08.96Weston-super-Mare Spring 2023: 1:55.87Hampshire Spring 2023: 1:55.69Bristol Summer 2023: 1:46.08Bolton Summer 2023: 1:58.67Lincolnshire Summer 2023: 1:48.44Norwich Summer 2023: 1:47.28Mind Sports Olympiad Cubing 2023: 1:46.60August Bank Holiday Manchester 2023: 1:43.63Harrow Autumn 2023: 1:28.92Newham Autumn - British Blind Off 2023: 2:14.94Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 2:37.91Stevenage January 2024: 1:54.23Bristol Winter 2024: 2:00.79Stevenage February 2024: 2:20.02Hampshire Winter 2024: 2:37.92Manchester Spring 2024: 2:19.56Stevenage April 2024: 2:35.37Weston-super-Mare Spring 2024: 2:15.24Bolton Summer 2024: 1:55.25Lincolnshire Summer 2024: 1:41.64Manchester 4BLD Day 2024: 1:34.45Mind Sports Olympiad London 2024: 1:57.70August Bank Holiday Crawley 2024: 1:52.00Manchester 5BLD Day 2024: 2:11.31Leicestershire Autumn 2024: 1:48.53Cambridge Autumn - British Blind Off 2024: 2:48.54Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 1:58.01Lincolnshire Autumn 2024: 1:41.11Norwich Winter 2024: 2:01.45Crewe FMC Day 2025: 2:26.35Hampshire Winter 2025: 1:58.01Glasgow Spring - Scottish Blind Off 2025: 1:14.56Peterborough Odd Day 2025: 1:41.77Stevenage June 2025: 2:28.85Rubik's UK Championship 2025: 1:46.84Corby Autumn 2025: 1:51.14Stevenage October 2025: 1:53.33Stevenage 10th Anniversary 2025: 1:51.88Glasgow Winter - Scottish Blind Off 2026: 1:45.471:14.565:27.1527 Aug 20167 Feb 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3 blindfolded. 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-1:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 1,593 people have one; it is 14.56 away.

Targets move as he improves.