People · United States
Ava Lewis
3×3 · top 5.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2020 · 2020LEWI01
Ava Lewis has been competing for 7 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.29, set at UMBC Fall 2025, puts her in the top 5.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,173rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since January 2020, she has put 249 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 15.03 in January 2020 to 9.29, a 38% improvement. Ava has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 9.29 | 11.34 | top 5.6% | 3,173 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 37.09 | 42.35 | top 8.9% | 1,348 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 1:19.42 | 1:28.24 | top 18.8% | 1,478 / 9,537 | |
| 2×2 | 3.51 | 4.92 | top 20.4% | 8,099 / 41,674 | |
| 6×6 | 2:31.38 | 2:37.12 | top 26.4% | 945 / 4,262 | |
| 7×7 | 4:29.85 | 4:47.77 | top 41.1% | 1,189 / 3,236 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.81 | 13.45 | top 43.2% | 12,567 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.51 | 42.03 | top 45.6% | 6,263 / 15,900 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 44 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,325 / 2,059 | |
| Skewb | 21.12 | 26.21 | top 91.2% | 17,839 / 19,164 | |
| Clock | 50.65 | — | early days — 2 solves | 8,959 / 9,172 |
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
- 9 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Derwood Cubing Derby Spring 2026.
- 27 Sep 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.62 at Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025.
- 23 Feb 2020First sub-15 3×3: 14.11 at Slow N Steady Winter 2020.
- 11 Jan 2020First competition: Potomac Speedcubing 2020. A 15.03 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UMBC Fall 2026 · 3 Oct 2026
- King of Prussia Summer 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cape May Summer B 2026 · 21 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cherry Hill Mini June 2026 · 11 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Qualifying Cougars WV 2026 · 16 May 2026
- Derwood Cubing Derby Spring 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Ephrata Spring 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- UMBC Winter 2026 · 14 Feb 2026
- River Hill Fall 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- UMBC Fall 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- UMBC Spring 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Winter 2020 · 23 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Potomac Speedcubing 2020 · 11 Jan 2020
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 her.
- Brad Hoffman — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Hassan Khanani — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Rich Tayag — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.29 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 7.09 away.
Targets move as she improves.