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Asher Buckner
Pyraminx · top 4.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since June 2015 · 2015BUCK03
Asher Buckner has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.28, set at SCC Summer 2017, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,203rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since June 2015, he has put 243 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.12 in April 2016 to 15.39, a 20% improvement. Asher has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.28 | 4.70 | top 4.6% | 1,203 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 5.59 | 7.87 | top 22.6% | 3,610 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 15.39 | 18.95 | top 25.7% | 14,013 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 10.82 | 12.44 | top 29.2% | 2,273 / 8,927 | |
| 2×2 | 4.28 | 5.54 | top 30.1% | 11,952 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.71 | 44.59 | top 46.0% | 6,244 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 29.22 | 42.73 | top 48.0% | 3,122 / 6,743 | |
| 4×4 | 1:12.49 | 1:19.33 | top 49.3% | 8,257 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:01.97 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,123 / 2,092 | |
| 5×5 | 2:34.52 | — | top 67.9% | 5,943 / 9,401 |
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
- 29 Oct 2017Three personal bests in one day at St. Boois 2017.
- 10 Jun 2017Three personal bests in one day at SCC Summer 2017.
- 29 Oct 2016Three personal bests in one day at Lawrence Fall 2016.
- 12 Jun 2015First competition: Indiana 2015.
Competitions
- Concordia Turning Winter 2026 · 10 Jan 2026
- Missouri Championship 2025 · 18 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Peoria 2020 · 16 Feb 2020
- Cubing Peoria 2019 · 30 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Gateway Ravioli Spring 2018 · 22 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- SCC Winter 2018 · 20 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- St. Boois 2017 · 29 Oct 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- SCC Summer 2017 · 10 Jun 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Overland Park Open 2017 · 29 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Lawrence Fall 2016 · 29 Oct 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Clock N' Other Stuff 2016 · 30 Apr 2016
- Blind and Whatnot 2016 · 20 Feb 2016
- Kansas City Cubing 2015 · 7 Nov 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Indiana 2015 · 12 Jun 2015
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.
- Justin Barker — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Edward Vakula — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Jared Diehl — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
- A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
Targets move as he improves.