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Carson Kurtz

3×3 · top 3.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022KURT03

Carson Kurtz has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.26, set at Southern Indiana Qualifier 2025, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,846th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since September 2022, he has put 776 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 49.25 in September 2022 to 8.26, an 83% improvement. Carson has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.3% of 284,439 all-time
8.26
signature single · Southern Indiana Qualifier 2025
776
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.2610.13
top 3.3%1,846 / 59,724
Skewb2.714.53
top 3.7%575 / 18,907
2×22.083.36
top 5.3%2,105 / 40,951
Pyraminx3.976.91
top 7.5%1,914 / 28,708
4×437.7441.00
top 9.5%1,420 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed16.9621.02
top 12.5%1,616 / 15,683
Megaminx1:07.261:12.82
top 14.1%957 / 7,841
5×51:14.081:19.14
top 14.6%1,127 / 9,401
6×62:14.162:37.93
top 17.4%617 / 4,196
Clock9.0711.03
top 20.3%1,562 / 8,927
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves—
early days — 2 solves507 / 2,040
7×73:39.814:01.27
top 23.5%668 / 3,184
Square-119.0424.10
top 25.7%1,696 / 6,743

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

Cubing in the Ville 2022: 49.25Indiana Finally Returns 2023: 37.62The Legacy Begins 2023: 34.50Mason Cube Challenge 2023: 37.43Minxville Indiana 2024: 39.09Northern Kentucky 2024: 18.87Land of Lincoln 2024: 17.10Oldham County Cubing 2024: 13.68WonderLand Education West Lafayette Fall 2024: 12.01Indiana Championship 2024: 12.70Don't Pop Preble 2024: 9.69NxNationwide Lewis Center 2025: 10.30Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2025: 9.55Southern Indiana Qualifier 2025: 8.26Minxville Indiana 2025: 10.84Cubing in Terredise 2025: 10.41Brown County Blitz 2026: 8.94CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026: 8.74Cardinal Country KY Cubing 2026: 10.248.2649.253 Sep 202211 Jul 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 0.26 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.71 away.

Targets move as he improves.