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Allen John

3×3 one-handed · top 1.7% of 73,695 all-time · competing since July 2017 · 2017JOHN14

Allen John has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 10.80, set at mcubes Alleppey Open 2024, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 47th in India. Until July 2011, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since July 2017, he has put 586 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.75 in July 2017 to 7.35, a 25% improvement. Allen has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 1.7% of 73,695 all-time
10.80
signature single · mcubes Alleppey Open 2024
586
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×3 one-handed10.8013.32
top 1.7%47 / 4,516
3×37.358.40
top 1.8%159 / 20,018
2×22.004.60
top 4.7%348 / 12,146
4×447.6448.45
top 21.7%631 / 4,186
5×52:44.293:14.38
top 72.3%976 / 1,525
Pyraminx17.6821.39
top 89.2%7,126 / 8,934

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

Cubing Kerala Alappey Open 2017: 9.75CET Cubing Paradox 2017: 10.21Tathva Cube Open 2017: 8.09Cubing Kerala Winter Open 2017: 9.94Cubing Kerala Cubezone Open 2018: 9.53Cubing Kerala Adaar Open 2018: 8.53Venice of the East Open 2018: 8.02The Choice Cube Open 2018: 9.22Cochin Monsoon Open 2018: 8.47Tathva Cube Open 2018: 8.47mcubes Open 2019: 8.99Amrita Cube Open 2020: 7.82Welcome Thrissur 2021: 8.84mcubes Open 2022: 7.95mcubes Cubing Clash 2024: 8.79Calicut Cubing Conquest 2024: 7.83mcubes Alleppey Open 2024: 7.35SABA Cube Open Kerala 2024: 7.71Amrita Newcomers Twistathon 2025: 8.71Calgary Summer B 2025: 8.247.3510.218 Jul 201720 Jul 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-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.35 away.

Targets move as he improves.