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Ashton Dawson
2×2 · top 7.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023DAWS02
Ashton Dawson has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.39, set at San José Cubing Yarinacocha 2025, puts him in the top 7.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,103rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since June 2023, he has put 273 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 8.06 in June 2023 to 2.39, a 70% improvement. Ashton has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.39 | 4.24 | top 7.9% | 3,103 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.18 | 10.61 | top 21.3% | 5,735 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 17.09 | 21.23 | top 31.3% | 17,250 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 7.07 | 16.79 | top 34.2% | 5,768 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:48.49 | 2:17.83 | top 75.8% | 13,868 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 52.94 | 1:06.98 | top 79.3% | 11,699 / 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
Best single per competition, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 22 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at LA PRE Pucallpa Speedcubing 2025.
- 7 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at Manantial Cubing Pucallpa 2024.
- 18 Feb 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.35 at SAM Center Open 2024.
- 11 Nov 2023First sub-30 3×3: 24.15 at Pillar of Fire Colorado 2023.
- 17 Jun 2023First competition: San Juan Cubing 2023. A 40.16 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Speedsolving X Pucallpa 2026 · 7 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Pucallpa al Cubo 2025 · 7 Dec 2025
- LA PRE Cubing Pucallpa 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- San José Cubing Yarinacocha 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- LA PRE Pucallpa Speedcubing 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Manantial Cubing Pucallpa 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Back To Cubing San José 2024 · 18 May 2024
- SAM Center Open 2024 · 18 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pillar of Fire Colorado 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- San Juan Cubing 2023 · 17 Jun 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.
- Benjamin A. Shapiama — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Ben Van Oosten — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
- Daniel Van Oosten — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
Targets move as he improves.