People · United Kingdom
Willow Downes
3×3 · top 52.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2025 · 2025DOWN03
Willow Downes has been competing for a year. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 24.72, set at Newcastle upon Tyne Summer 2026, puts her in the top 52.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,637th in the United Kingdom. Across 2 competitions since July 2025, she has put 20 official solves on the record across three events. Her 3×3 best has come down from 31.64 in July 2025 to 24.72, a 22% improvement. Willow has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 24.72 | 32.08 | top 52.0% | 3,637 / 6,689 | |
| Clock | 24.10 | 29.40 | top 74.9% | 939 / 1,232 | |
| 2×2 | 15.98 | 18.07 | top 91.8% | 4,621 / 4,895 |
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
- 25 Jul 2026First sub-30 3×3: 24.72 at Newcastle upon Tyne Summer 2026.
- 12 Jul 2025First competition: Newcastle upon Tyne Summer 2025. A 31.64 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Newcastle upon Tyne Summer 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Newcastle upon Tyne Summer 2025 · 12 Jul 2025
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 her.
- Gordon Rigg — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Mairi Rigg — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Tyler Gatenby — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 4.72 away.
- A sub-20 Clock single — 20,707 people have one; it is 4.10 away.
Targets move as she improves.