People · United States
Blake Messimer
3×3 · top 30.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025MESS01
Blake Messimer has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.86, set at COMO Cube-Off 2026, puts him in the top 30.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16,831st in the United States. Across 3 competitions since May 2025, he has put 52 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.31 in May 2025 to 16.86, a 24% improvement. Blake has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 16.86 | 18.72 | top 30.5% | 16,831 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 5.79 | 7.87 | top 48.6% | 19,725 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:45.28 | — | early days — 2 solves | 13,424 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 52.07 | 59.21 | top 78.6% | 11,553 / 15,683 |
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
- 10 Jan 2026First sub-20 3×3: 17.80 at Concordia Turning Winter 2026.
- 17 May 2025First competition: St. Louis Spring 2025. A 22.31 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- COMO Cube-Off 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Concordia Turning Winter 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- St. Louis Spring 2025 · 17 May 2025
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.
- Decha Enkvetchakul — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Tommy Stady — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Matthew Juelfs — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.86 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
Targets move as he improves.