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Timothy Babb

3×3 · top 28.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2015 · 2015BABB01

Timothy Babb has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.11, set at Canada's Best in the West 2018, puts him in the top 28.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,725th in Canada. Across 23 competitions since January 2015, he has put 254 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 42.53 in January 2015 to 16.11, a 62% improvement. Timothy has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 28.1% of 284,439 all-time
16.11
signature single · Canada's Best in the West 2018
254
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×316.1119.89
top 28.1%2,725 / 10,392
Pyraminx8.3315.00
top 39.1%1,793 / 4,858
2×26.109.51
top 51.9%3,744 / 7,173
3×3 one-handed37.2840.55
top 61.3%1,454 / 2,620
3×3 Fewest Moves45 moves51.33
top 65.6%195 / 283
Skewb17.2520.95
top 84.6%2,495 / 2,907
4×42:13.65
top 87.1%2,674 / 3,118
3×3 blindfolded6:45.28
top 90.6%315 / 351
5×54:09.60
top 92.9%1,333 / 1,499
Clock44.14
early days — 3 solves972 / 1,029

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

Edmonton Open Winter 2015: 42.53Edmonton Open Summer 2015: 32.42Edmonton Open Winter 2016: 31.62Calgary Open Spring 2016: 24.42Edmonton Limited Summer 2016: 26.92Too Much Cubing 2017: 22.74QUALberta 2017: 20.78Canadian Open 2017: 22.40Sherwood Park Open Summer 2017: 21.71Cubing Under the Stars 2018: 20.44Canada's Best in the West 2018: 16.11Canada's Wild West 2019: 16.62Foothills Final Fight 2019: 19.44Sherwood Park Summer 2019: 18.74Strathcona 2019: 20.87Edmonton Summer Twist 2022: 19.06Calgary Fall 2026: 21.6616.1142.5310 Jan 201529 Aug 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.

  • Alex Mutch — met in 60 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Paris Dorn — met in 59 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Noah Wilde — met in 59 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.11 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.