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Wayne Francis Cole

3×3 · top 6.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023COLE07

Wayne Francis Cole has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.48, set at Chichester Summer 2024, puts him in the top 6.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 458th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since May 2023, he has put 108 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.64 in May 2023 to 9.48, a 30% improvement. Wayne has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.1% of 284,439 all-time
9.48
signature single · Chichester Summer 2024
108
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×39.4810.45
top 6.1%458 / 6,689
2×23.093.68
top 15.3%908 / 4,895
Pyraminx7.1011.09
top 28.7%1,143 / 3,656
3×3 one-handed27.3331.21
top 40.2%715 / 1,851
Clock17.2921.60
top 56.4%730 / 1,232
4×41:23.72
top 58.9%1,274 / 2,071

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

Hampshire Spring 2023: 13.64Hampshire Winter 2024: 10.83Chichester Summer 2024: 9.48Hampshire Winter 2025: 9.779.4813.6427 May 202322 Feb 2025

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.

  • Adam Devere — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
  • Harry Dixon — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Ben Stokes — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.48 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.