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Asher Sand
3×3 · top 5.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023SAND09
Asher Sand has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.15, set at Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,918th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since April 2023, he has put 181 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.69 in April 2023 to 9.15, a 54% improvement. Asher has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.15 | 10.97 | top 5.2% | 2,918 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.88 | 3.73 | top 12.9% | 5,060 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.98 | 7.51 | top 19.9% | 5,312 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.31 | 24.12 | top 21.3% | 2,728 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 57.10 | 1:09.58 | top 33.2% | 5,303 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 2:53.92 | — | top 76.0% | 6,810 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 8:48.41 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,026 / 2,092 |
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
- 14 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026.
- 27 Sep 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.15 at Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025.
- 2 Mar 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.66 at UMBC Winter 2024.
- 15 Apr 2023First competition: Slow N Steady Spring 2023. A 19.69 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026 · 14 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- More Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- UMBC Spring 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady UMD Spring 2025 · 23 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- UMBC Fall 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- UMBC Winter 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing in the Lion's Den 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2023 · 15 Apr 2023
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.
- Rich Tayag — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Daniel Greigg — met in 39 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sam Deacon — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.15 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
Targets move as he improves.