People · United Kingdom
Xavier Austin
3×3 · top 2.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2024 · 2024AUST04
Xavier Austin has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.06, set at Bristol Winter Open 2024, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 235th in the United Kingdom. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since December 2024, he has put 60 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Xavier has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.06 | 10.86 | top 2.9% | 235 / 6,689 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.83 | 14.16 | top 4.2% | 78 / 1,851 | |
| 4×4 | 49.89 | 55.95 | top 24.6% | 534 / 2,071 | |
| 5×5 | 1:52.60 | 1:53.72 | top 44.4% | 550 / 1,151 | |
| Square-1 | 29.82 | 34.43 | top 49.1% | 441 / 778 |
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
- 21 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Crewe Spring 2026.
- 14 Dec 2024First competition: Bristol Winter Open 2024. A 8.06 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Crewe Spring 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Bristol Winter Open 2024 · 14 Dec 2024
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.
- Liu Yik Yung (劉益融) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Blue James — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Matthew Tucker — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.