People · United States
August Rhyne
3×3 · top 2.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022RHYN01
August Rhyne has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.65, set at Round Rock Mega Cube Day 2026, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,351st in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since July 2022, he has put 562 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.63 in July 2022 to 7.65, a 44% improvement. August has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 7.65 | 8.97 | top 2.2% | 1,351 / 60,666 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.65 | 13.35 | top 2.6% | 420 / 15,900 | |
| 2×2 | 1.82 | 2.80 | top 3.7% | 1,486 / 41,674 | |
| Square-1 | 13.01 | 25.00 | top 12.0% | 845 / 6,846 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.22 | 11.06 | top 29.7% | 8,352 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 36 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 746 / 2,059 | |
| Skewb | 8.46 | 11.80 | top 44.8% | 8,004 / 19,164 | |
| Clock | 14.87 | 20.64 | top 47.4% | 3,933 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:53.67 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,097 / 2,128 | |
| Megaminx | 2:21.21 | 2:25.17 | top 57.1% | 4,396 / 8,026 |
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
- 5 Sep 2026Five personal bests in one day at Round Rock Mega Cube Day 2026.
- 22 Nov 2024Seven personal bests in one day at Texas Championship 2024.
- 18 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Austin Tiny Puzzles 2023.
- 7 May 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.85 at DFW Cubing Spring 2023.
- 29 Jul 2022First competition: CubingUSA Southern Championship 2022. A 15.41 3×3 single to start from.
- 29 Jul 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.63 at CubingUSA Southern Championship 2022.
Competitions
- Round Rock Mega Cube Day 2026 · 5 Sep 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- New Braunfels Tube & Twist 2026 · 2 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Georgetown Favorite Event Day 2026 · 31 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Round Rock Splash & Solve 2026 · 4 Apr 2026
- New Braunfels Comal Cubing Classic 2026 · 1 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- San Antonio Fall 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube More in Taylor 2025 · 1 Jun 2025
- Austin Cubing Limits Winter 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Texas Championship 2024 · 22 Nov 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Don't Pop Austin 2024 · 2 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Austin Cover Your Eyes 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
- DFW Cubing Fall 2023 · 17 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Keep Austin Weird 2023 · 10 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Texas FMC Championship 2023 · 18 Nov 2023
- Austin Tiny Puzzles 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Spring 2023 · 7 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cedar Park Winter 2023 · 26 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube With Intention in Denton 2022 · 17 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Southern Championship 2022 · 29 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Ryan Pilat — met in 97 rounds, finished ahead once
- Tristan Patrick — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
- Michael Conard — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead 55 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.65 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 800 people have one; it is 1.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.