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Avery Mellinger
2×2 · top 3.8% of 189,179 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024MELL05
Avery Mellinger has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.83, set at UO Fall 2025, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,514th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since November 2024, he has put 316 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.65 in November 2024 to 9.51, a 49% improvement. Avery has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 1.83 | 4.84 | top 3.8% | 1,514 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 9.51 | 12.16 | top 6.2% | 3,463 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.21 | 8.70 | top 14.5% | 3,869 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 6.12 | 8.31 | top 26.7% | 4,413 / 19,164 | |
| 5×5 | 1:36.13 | 1:46.06 | top 32.4% | 2,602 / 9,537 | |
| 4×4 | 56.68 | 1:01.01 | top 32.8% | 5,291 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.68 | 30.60 | top 33.5% | 4,446 / 15,900 | |
| Megaminx | 2:27.81 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,642 / 8,026 | |
| Clock | 18.63 | 22.03 | top 60.7% | 5,260 / 9,172 | |
| Square-1 | 42.49 | 51.40 | top 68.4% | 4,553 / 6,846 |
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 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.51 at Don't DNF Dallas OR 2026.
- 5 Sep 2026Three personal bests in one day at Don't DNF Dallas OR 2026.
- 14 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at UO Valentine's Day 2026.
- 20 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at Portland in a Pyra Tree 2025.
- 18 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at UO Fall 2025.
- 8 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Eugene Cubing Spring 2025.
Competitions
- Oregon State Fall 2026 · 3 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Central Washington Fall 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Don't DNF Dallas OR 2026 · 5 Sep 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Oregon State Spring 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- UO Valentine's Day 2026 · 14 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Portland in a Pyra Tree 2025 · 20 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- UO Fall 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Eugene Cubing Spring 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Tacoma Winter 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Couve Cubing Fall 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Lakewood Fall 2024 · 16 Nov 2024
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 Gottschalk — met in 52 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kinkajou Celeste Oren — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Tripp Peters — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.51 away.
Targets move as he improves.