People · Australia
Ted Barker
3×3 · top 1.6% of 284,439 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 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 174th in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since February 2023, he has put 149 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 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 five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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% | 174 / 11,709 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.95 | 6.48 | top 7.4% | 341 / 5,993 | |
| 2×2 | 2.52 | 3.76 | top 9.1% | 682 / 8,567 | |
| 4×4 | 42.55 | 52.47 | top 15.2% | 383 / 3,051 | |
| Skewb | 7.32 | 11.14 | top 36.1% | 1,064 / 3,534 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.76 | 32.67 | top 41.3% | 959 / 2,659 | |
| 5×5 | 1:51.88 | 2:08.07 | top 43.9% | 591 / 1,356 |
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
- 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
- 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.
- Lennon Hughes — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ziqi Ding — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.20 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
Targets move as he improves.