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Blake Byl

3×3 · top 5.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017BYLB01

Blake Byl has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.34, set at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,170th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 35 competitions since October 2017, he has put 1,190 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.15 in October 2017 to 9.34, a 73% improvement. Blake has entered 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.7% of 284,439 all-time
9.34
signature single · CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026
1,190
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.3410.65
top 5.7%3,170 / 59,724
2×22.143.08
top 5.7%2,292 / 40,951
Clock5.657.44
top 6.1%476 / 8,927
Skewb3.306.82
top 6.6%1,014 / 18,907
4×436.4142.26
top 8.1%1,219 / 19,072
Pyraminx4.396.74
top 9.6%2,499 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed16.6020.34
top 11.6%1,516 / 15,683
Square-116.4223.60
top 19.6%1,319 / 6,743
5×51:24.531:34.75
top 22.8%1,772 / 9,401
Megaminx1:31.111:43.36
top 28.9%2,013 / 7,841
6×63:11.383:30.20
top 46.5%1,733 / 4,196
7×75:56.246:11.60
top 66.8%2,025 / 3,184
3×3 Fewest Moves48 moves—
early days — 2 solves1,529 / 2,040
3×3 blindfolded10:42.00—
early days — 1 solve2,075 / 2,092

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

Cubetcha 2017: 34.15Fargo Fall 2017: 32.43North Iowa 2017: 25.21Race the Clock 2017: 31.17CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2018: 23.16South Dakota First 2018: 23.28Minnesota Cube Melt 2018: 20.23Cubetcha 2018: 22.33Fargo Fall 2018: 18.48Minnesota Qualifier 2019: 15.91North Star Cubing Challenge 2020: 16.54Cubetcha B 2021: 13.98North Star Cubing Challenge 2022: 11.86NA Stadium Series - Green Bay 2022: 12.79Minnesota Cube Melt 2022: 12.31CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2022: 12.50Minnesota Cube Day 2022: 12.08Puzzles at Wisconsin Spring 2022: 11.06Side Events Minnesota 2022: 12.21Cubetcha 2022: 12.11Race the Clock Minnesota 2022: 12.76North Star Cubing Challenge 2023: 9.63Racine Rendezvous 2026: 10.28Racing Kane 2026: 10.77Midwest Cubing Classic 2026: 10.303x3 in Madison 2026: 10.57CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026: 9.34Fast in Fargo 2026: 10.12Persevere in De Pere 2026: 9.71South Omaha Scramble 2026: 9.75SPAMTown IV MN 2026: 9.65State Hunting Calls for Sioux Falls 2026: 9.479.3434.1528 Oct 20175 Sep 2026

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.34 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.14 away.

Targets move as he improves.