People · United States
Alton Ruff
Skewb · top 3.1% of 74,164 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025RUFF01
Alton Ruff has been competing for a year. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.56, set at Syracuse Elite Cubing 2026, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 492nd in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since April 2025, he has put 668 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.52 in April 2025 to 12.70, a 44% improvement. Alton has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.56 | 5.07 | top 3.1% | 492 / 19,164 | |
| 2×2 | 1.90 | 3.75 | top 4.2% | 1,659 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.02 | 8.48 | top 7.8% | 2,028 / 29,168 | |
| Clock | 7.28 | 8.25 | top 12.0% | 933 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 | 12.70 | 15.12 | top 16.5% | 8,938 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 59.54 | 1:05.04 | top 36.1% | 5,884 / 19,354 | |
| Square-1 | 23.95 | 36.66 | top 36.8% | 2,425 / 6,846 | |
| Megaminx | 1:45.73 | 2:04.01 | top 38.1% | 2,801 / 8,026 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.94 | 31.79 | top 39.3% | 5,309 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 1:51.61 | 2:01.36 | top 43.9% | 3,652 / 9,537 | |
| 6×6 | 4:04.18 | 4:08.86 | top 67.0% | 2,641 / 4,262 | |
| 7×7 | 6:58.57 | — | early days — 3 solves | 2,551 / 3,236 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 56 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,850 / 2,059 |
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
- 18 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Finger Lakes Side Events 2026.
- 12 Jul 2026Four personal bests in one day at Syracuse Elite Cubing 2026.
- 30 May 2026Five personal bests in one day at ROC the Cube NY 2026.
- 9 May 2026Four personal bests in one day at Puzzles in Pittsford 2026.
- 14 Mar 2026Five personal bests in one day at Cubing in the 'Cuse 2026.
- 28 Feb 2026First sub-15 3×3: 13.12 at Medina Mayhem 2026.
Competitions
- Plattsburgh 2026 · 10 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Back To School Buffalo 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Brighton Brawl NY 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Finger Lakes Side Events 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Syracuse Elite Cubing 2026 · 12 Jul 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Palmyra Spring 2026 · 31 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- ROC the Cube NY 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Puzzles in Pittsford 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Seneca Lake 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Brockport Bash 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in the 'Cuse 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Medina Mayhem 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Two York Time Twist 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- New York Championship 2025 · 12 Oct 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Clocktober Classic NY 2025 · 11 Oct 2025
- Brockport Bolt 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- ROC the Cube NY 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- One-Handed Open NY 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Against Cancer Buffalo 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Louis Truong — met in 138 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Patrick Strawder — met in 126 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Evan Waters — met in 114 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,031 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.