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Asher Watkins

2×2 · top 11.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023WATK03

Asher Watkins has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.73, set at Utah Championship 2023, puts him in the top 11.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,435th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since July 2023, he has put 99 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.54 in July 2023 to 15.73, a 43% improvement. Asher has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 11.3% of 186,767 all-time
2.73
signature single · Utah Championship 2023
99
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 84% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.735.55
top 11.3%4,435 / 40,951
3×315.7318.13
top 26.9%14,718 / 59,724
Skewb13.3817.24
top 72.3%13,647 / 18,907
Pyraminx13.2717.08
top 74.4%22,056 / 28,708
4×41:50.91
early days — 3 solves14,198 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed1:13.75
early days — 2 solves13,847 / 15,683

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

Utah Summer Side Events B 2023: 27.54Utah Championship 2023: 25.48Utah Puzzling for Awareness 2024: 18.69Back to School Utah 2024: 15.73Spanish Fork PM 2024: 16.51Utah Newcomers 2026: 19.4215.7327.541 Jul 202321 Mar 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 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.73 away.

Targets move as he improves.