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Avery Mellinger
2×2 · top 3.7% of 186,767 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 3.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,475th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since November 2024, he has put 246 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% 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 18.65 in November 2024 to 9.51, a 49% improvement. Avery 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 | 1.83 | 5.00 | top 3.7% | 1,475 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 9.51 | 12.16 | top 6.1% | 3,394 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.21 | 8.70 | top 14.5% | 3,796 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 6.12 | 8.31 | top 26.6% | 4,348 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 56.68 | 1:01.01 | top 32.7% | 5,213 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:38.72 | 1:46.06 | top 34.4% | 2,728 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.49 | 30.60 | top 43.1% | 5,812 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 2:27.81 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,528 / 7,841 | |
| Clock | 18.63 | 22.03 | top 60.6% | 5,114 / 8,927 |
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
- 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 44 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kinkajou Celeste Oren — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Ezra Fish — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.51 away.
Targets move as he improves.