Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → United States → Buddy Johnson

People · United States

Buddy Johnson

Skewb · top 16.4% of 73,281 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018JOHN39

Buddy Johnson has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 4.77, set at Yuba City Spring 2025, puts him in the top 16.4% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,593rd in the United States. Across 31 competitions since October 2018, he has put 421 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:49.21 in October 2018 to 16.78, an 85% improvement. Buddy has entered 31 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 16.4% of 73,281 all-time
4.77
signature single · Yuba City Spring 2025
421
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Skewb4.779.66
top 16.4%2,593 / 18,907
2×23.275.47
top 17.4%6,822 / 40,951
Pyraminx7.1510.29
top 29.1%8,049 / 28,708
3×316.7821.50
top 30.3%16,677 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed26.7742.99
top 38.8%5,152 / 15,683
Megaminx2:15.44—
early days — 2 solves4,053 / 7,841
4×41:24.55—
top 59.5%10,318 / 19,072
Square-150.07—
early days — 2 solves5,038 / 6,743
5×53:33.21—
early days — 2 solves8,102 / 9,401

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

Poly Cubed 2018: 1:49.21Bay Area Speedcubin' 44 2023: 32.06SacCubing XIV 2023: 24.14Bay Area Speedcubin' 47 - Berkeley Pride 2023: 24.52Claws Up Summer 2023: 22.91Bay Area Speedcubin' 48 - 6.25 Berkeley 2023: 26.28Bay Area Speedcubin' 50 - Berkeley 2023: 25.51SacCubing XV 2023: 23.85Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023: 27.41Davis Fall 2023: 23.20Claws Up Winter 2023: 18.49Folsom Winter 2023: 27.14SacCubing XVI 2024: 27.43Berkeley Winter 2024: 27.22Davis Winter 2024: 25.32Bay Area Speedcubin' 58 - Berkeley 2024: 24.16Bay Area Speedcubin' 61 - San Jose 2024: 22.44Claws Up Final Touchdown 2024: 24.24SacCubing XVII 2024: 19.48Berkeley Summer 2024: 28.01Folsom Summer 2024: 22.59Davis Summer 2024: 20.56SacCubing XVIII 2024: 18.37Davis Fall 2024: 18.51Rocklin Winter 2024: 18.37SacCubing XIX 2025: 24.02Yuba City Spring 2025: 18.77SacCubing XX 2025: 19.46SacCubing XXII 2026: 22.54SacCubing XXIII 2026: 18.84Alameda County Fair 2026: 16.7816.781:49.2120 Oct 201827 Jun 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-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.