People · United Kingdom
Tim Shaw
3×3 · top 19.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023SHAW10
Tim Shaw has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.55, set at Weston-super-Mare Winter 2026, puts him in the top 19.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,325th in the United Kingdom. Across 21 competitions since November 2023, he has put 377 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.77 in November 2023 to 13.55, a 24% improvement. Tim has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 13.55 | 16.31 | top 19.5% | 1,325 / 6,785 | |
| Skewb | 5.50 | 10.01 | top 22.0% | 516 / 2,439 | |
| 2×2 | 4.17 | 6.28 | top 28.8% | 1,561 / 4,946 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.11 | 11.47 | top 45.8% | 1,880 / 3,704 | |
| 4×4 | 1:10.69 | 1:15.99 | top 47.6% | 1,047 / 2,112 |
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 2026Three personal bests in one day at Grantham Autumn 2026.
- 1 Nov 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.98 at Rubik's UK Championship 2024.
- 18 Nov 2023First competition: Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2023. A 18.07 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Grantham Autumn 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Crewe May 2026 · 30 May 2026
- Crewe Spring 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Wiltshire Spring 2026 · 7 Mar 2026
- Weston-super-Mare Winter 2026 · 3 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Wiltshire Winter 2025 · 13 Dec 2025
- Stevenage 10th Anniversary 2025 · 8 Nov 2025
- Bristol August 2025 · 30 Aug 2025
- Rubik's UK Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Bristol June 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage March 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Weston-super-Mare Winter 2025 · 4 Jan 2025
- Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2024 · 16 Nov 2024
- Rubik's UK Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Birmingham Summer 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage August 2024 · 10 Aug 2024
- Stevenage June 2024 · 8 Jun 2024
- Crewe Spring 2024 · 27 Apr 2024
- Wiltshire February 2024 · 3 Feb 2024
- Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2023 · 18 Nov 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.
- Blue James — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Rufus Prabhu-Desai — met in 50 rounds, never finished ahead
- AJ Nicholls — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 1.55 away.
- A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,481 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
Targets move as he improves.