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Austin Stone

2×2 · top 0.33% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023STON03

Austin Stone has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.87, set at Louisiana Mega Two Day 2023, puts him in the top 0.33% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 141st in the United States. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since January 2023, he has put 617 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.78 in January 2023 to 8.43, a 72% improvement. Austin has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.33% of 186,767 all-time
0.87
signature single · Louisiana Mega Two Day 2023
617
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×20.872.85
top 0.33%141 / 40,951
3×38.439.36
top 3.6%2,034 / 59,724
Pyraminx4.525.89
top 10.3%2,692 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed16.7121.79
top 11.9%1,543 / 15,683
Clock8.4511.02
top 17.3%1,321 / 8,927
Skewb5.467.55
top 21.7%3,456 / 18,907
4×447.9554.80
top 22.1%3,350 / 19,072
5×52:11.182:26.60
top 56.1%4,757 / 9,401
3×3 Fewest Moves62 moves—
early days — 1 solve1,956 / 2,040

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

Music City Speedsolving 2023: 29.78CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2023: 14.66Starkvegas Southern Side Event Special Spring 2023: 16.60Louisiana Mega Two Day 2023: 15.35Going Fast in Franklin 2023: 12.25Music City Speedsolving Fall 2023: 11.92Rocky Top 2023: 11.01Choo Choo Cubing B 2024: 9.35TN Speedsolving Winter 2024: 9.59Volunteer State Cubing 2024: 8.49Alabama Championship 2024: 9.80Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 9.61Mississippi Cubing Dawgs 2024: 8.87Scenic City Scramble TN 2024: 8.45Corinth Comic Con Cubing 2024: 8.43Vanderbilt Winter 2025: 8.96Alabama Crimson Cubing Fall 2025: 8.92Omnicon & Cubes TN 2025: 8.528.4329.7821 Jan 202315 Nov 2025

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.

  • Roman Wofford — met in 118 rounds, finished ahead 44 times
  • MJ Thomas — met in 103 rounds, finished ahead 41 times
  • Rowan Stough — met in 92 rounds, finished ahead 3 times

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.