People · United States
Barry Loether
3×3 · top 8.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2012 · 2012LOET01
Barry Loether has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.25, set at McMinnville Favorites 2026, puts him in the top 8.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,514th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since May 2012, he has put 487 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.08 in May 2012 to 10.25, a 51% improvement. Barry has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 10.25 | 13.13 | top 8.2% | 4,514 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.74 | 8.26 | top 18.1% | 4,800 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 3.66 | 4.44 | top 22.2% | 8,695 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.28 | 25.19 | top 24.0% | 3,073 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 50.23 | 55.57 | top 25.0% | 3,828 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:58.38 | — | top 32.9% | 679 / 2,092 | |
| Megaminx | 1:56.97 | 2:11.93 | top 44.1% | 3,223 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 2:15.39 | 2:29.89 | top 58.4% | 4,985 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 43 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,251 / 2,040 | |
| Skewb | 10.89 | 14.12 | top 60.2% | 11,065 / 18,907 |
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
- 19 Nov 2016Three personal bests in one day at PDX Cubing for Dougy 2016.
- 16 Apr 2016Three personal bests in one day at Puget Sound Spring 2016.
- 17 Oct 2015First sub-15 3×3: 13.80 at Puget Sound Open 2015.
- 17 Oct 2015Four personal bests in one day at Puget Sound Open 2015.
- 31 Jan 2015First sub-20 3×3: 16.94 at Rose City Cubing Competition 2015.
- 31 Jan 2015Three personal bests in one day at Rose City Cubing Competition 2015.
Competitions
- Rose City OR 2026 · 1 Aug 2026
- McMinnville Favorites 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Hillsboro Winter 2025 · 11 Jan 2025
- Stumptown Speedcubing Summer 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Rose City 2022 · 7 May 2022
- Hillsboro Open 2018 · 15 Sep 2018
- Rose City 2017 · 20 May 2017
- Keep Portland Weird 2017 · 4 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- PDX Cubing for Dougy 2016 · 19 Nov 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Oregon 2016 · 27 Aug 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2016 · 29 Jul 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Rose City 2016 · 21 May 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Puget Sound Spring 2016 · 16 Apr 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- PDX Cubing Alpha 2016 · 5 Mar 2016 — 1 personal best set
- PDX Cubing Beta 2015 · 21 Nov 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Puget Sound Open 2015 · 17 Oct 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Keep Portland Weird 2015 · 19 Sep 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Rose City Cubing Competition 2015 · 31 Jan 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Couve Cubing 2012 · 5 May 2012
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.
- Chris Brotzman — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Tyler Halgren — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Matthew Dickman — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 36 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
Targets move as he improves.