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Xavier Walsh

3×3 · top 31.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023WALS04

Xavier Walsh has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.22, set at South Auckland Side Events 2024, puts him in the top 31.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 645th in New Zealand. Across 7 competitions since July 2023, he has put 71 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.70 in July 2023 to 17.22, a 54% improvement. Xavier has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 31.7% of 284,439 all-time
17.22
signature single · South Auckland Side Events 2024
71
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
3×317.2220.33
top 31.7%645 / 2,095
2×25.316.54
top 43.1%739 / 1,615
Pyraminx11.1715.45
top 61.8%775 / 1,141

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

Auckland Mid-Year Madness 2023: 37.70NZ North Island Championship 2023: 30.72Auckland Matariki Open 2024: 23.14Clauckland 2024: 23.22South Auckland Side Events 2024: 17.22Max Speed Milford 2024: 21.622x2 in Tāmaki Makaurau 2025: 20.5317.2237.701 Jul 202316 Aug 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.22 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.31 away.

Targets move as he improves.