People · Australia
Ted Barker
3×3 · top 1.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023BARK04
Ted Barker has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.20, set at Spark Melbourne Spring Sunday 2024, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 176th in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since February 2023, he has put 206 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.22 in February 2023 to 7.20, a 30% improvement. Ted has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.20 | 8.93 | top 1.6% | 176 / 11,943 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.95 | 5.92 | top 7.4% | 346 / 6,109 | |
| 2×2 | 2.52 | 3.76 | top 9.2% | 702 / 8,727 | |
| 4×4 | 38.78 | 47.87 | top 10.7% | 283 / 3,108 | |
| 5×5 | 1:30.42 | 1:43.48 | top 27.7% | 386 / 1,412 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.35 | 25.10 | top 29.8% | 680 / 2,685 | |
| Skewb | 7.13 | 11.14 | top 34.8% | 1,011 / 3,589 | |
| Megaminx | 2:18.81 | — | early days — 2 solves | 719 / 1,313 | |
| Clock | 46.27 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,115 / 1,159 |
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
- 17 Oct 2026Four personal bests in one day at Bendigo Blitz 2026.
- 11 May 2024Five personal bests in one day at Kensington May Saturday 2024.
- 21 May 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.84 at St Oliver's Speedy Sunday 2023.
- 25 Feb 2023First competition: Brilliant Ballarat 2023. A 11.59 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bendigo Blitz 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Spark Melbourne Spring Sunday 2024 · 6 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Kensington May Saturday 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- The Big Cube Melbourne 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- St Oliver's Speedy Sunday 2023 · 21 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Brilliant Ballarat 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
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 32 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ben Wakelin — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Roman Rudakov — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.20 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
Targets move as he improves.