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Amos Lyons

2×2 · top 1.2% of 189,179 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022LYON01

Amos Lyons has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.26, set at Southern Indiana Qualifier 2025, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 520th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 45 competitions since September 2022, he has put 1,835 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.45 in September 2022 to 7.97, a 61% improvement. Amos has entered 45 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.2% of 189,179 all-time
1.26
signature single · Southern Indiana Qualifier 2025
1,835
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.262.72
top 1.2%520 / 41,674
Pyraminx2.254.49
top 1.6%427 / 29,168
3×37.9710.09
top 2.8%1,615 / 60,666
Skewb3.255.11
top 6.4%997 / 19,164
4×437.1744.08
top 9.0%1,366 / 19,354
3×3 one-handed15.7322.31
top 9.7%1,301 / 15,900
Megaminx1:03.761:08.69
top 12.0%829 / 8,026
Clock9.1710.53
top 20.8%1,633 / 9,172
5×51:23.471:33.38
top 22.1%1,734 / 9,537
Square-123.1229.35
top 35.0%2,293 / 6,846
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves41.33
top 37.3%822 / 2,059
6×62:58.323:06.96
top 40.3%1,491 / 4,262
7×75:35.916:41.54
top 61.6%1,877 / 3,236
3×3 blindfolded7:05.45—
early days — 1 solve1,946 / 2,128

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 in the Ville 2022: 20.45Cubing Peoria 2022: 16.91Concordia Turning 2022: 17.20Ohio State Fall Gray 2022: 14.84Rocky Top 2022: 14.88FMC in a Gem City Temple 2023: 14.08Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2023: 13.19Indiana Finally Returns 2023: 13.85Miami in an Ohio Oxford 2023: 12.14Bluegrass Bash 2023: 11.53The Blantucky Derby 2023: 14.82CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 11.39CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023: 12.48Cubing in Campbellsville 2023: 13.41Swoop in Again Oxford 2023: 10.86UIUC Fall 2023: 13.27Nimble Hands in Noblesville 2024: 9.24Bloomington Open 2024: 11.35Little Giant Open 2024: 14.58Circle City Cubing 2024: 13.61Minxville Indiana 2024: 11.78Northern Kentucky 2024: 10.10Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 11.94CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024: 11.86Indiana Championship 2024: 9.91Oldham County Spring 2025: 10.56Southern Indiana Qualifier 2025: 10.92Fun in Muncie 2025: 10.36Minxville Indiana 2025: 9.32Gem City Pre-Flight Warm Up OH 2025: 11.24CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2025: 11.30Cubing in Terredise 2025: 10.23Hancock County Summer 2025: 9.11Oldham County Fall 2025: 9.41Cincinnati Speedsolving 2026: 10.04Brown County Blitz 2026: 10.35National Trail Open OH 2026: 9.39Cubing in the Woods OH 2026: 8.67CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026: 10.08Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 10.344x4 Off US-40 IL 2026: 7.97Redhawk Fall OH 2026: 8.657.9720.453 Sep 202217 Oct 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-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.