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Alton Ruff

Skewb · top 3.1% of 73,281 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 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 478th in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since April 2025, he has put 564 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 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 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 3.1% of 73,281 all-time
2.56
signature single · Syracuse Elite Cubing 2026
564
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Skewb2.565.07
top 3.1%478 / 18,907
2×21.904.20
top 4.1%1,623 / 40,951
Clock7.818.25
top 14.3%1,089 / 8,927
3×312.7015.38
top 16.4%8,786 / 59,724
Pyraminx5.558.48
top 16.8%4,443 / 28,708
4×459.661:08.02
top 36.1%5,825 / 19,072
Square-123.9536.66
top 36.7%2,386 / 6,743
3×3 one-handed26.9431.79
top 39.2%5,219 / 15,683
5×51:51.612:01.36
top 43.7%3,585 / 9,401
Megaminx2:02.192:18.76
top 46.9%3,467 / 7,841
6×64:04.184:08.86
top 66.8%2,597 / 4,196
7×76:58.57—
early days — 3 solves2,507 / 3,184

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

Cube Against Cancer Buffalo 2025: 22.52One-Handed Open NY 2025: 19.26ROC the Cube NY 2025: 15.08Brockport Bolt 2025: 16.43Clocktober Classic NY 2025: 16.36New York Championship 2025: 17.32Two York Time Twist 2025: 15.24Medina Mayhem 2026: 13.12Cubing in the 'Cuse 2026: 15.14Brockport Bash 2026: 15.92Seneca Lake 2026: 14.34Puzzles in Pittsford 2026: 15.52ROC the Cube NY 2026: 13.85Palmyra Spring 2026: 12.70Syracuse Elite Cubing 2026: 12.8112.7022.525 Apr 202512 Jul 2026

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-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.90 away.

Targets move as he improves.