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Carter Buxton
Pyraminx · top 4.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023BUXT03
Carter Buxton has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.16, set at Cube Against Cancer Edmond 2025, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,106th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since July 2023, he has put 304 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Pyraminx best has come down from 11.72 in July 2023 to 3.16, a 73% improvement. Carter has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.16 | 5.02 | top 4.2% | 1,106 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 10.79 | 15.62 | top 29.1% | 2,258 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 | 21.15 | 29.31 | top 43.1% | 24,703 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 5.41 | 12.25 | top 44.3% | 17,864 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 8.80 | 12.38 | top 47.1% | 8,335 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 2:34.43 | — | top 63.3% | 4,818 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:05.48 | 1:07.25 | top 86.9% | 13,174 / 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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 3 May 2024Six personal bests in one day at Kansas Championship 2024.
- 11 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Oklahoma Fall 2023.
- 14 Oct 2023First sub-30 3×3: 26.18 at Lawton OKtoberfest Fall 2023.
- 14 Oct 2023Four personal bests in one day at Lawton OKtoberfest Fall 2023.
- 16 Jul 2023First competition: Quick in Quincy 2023. A 40.07 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cube Against Cancer Edmond 2025 · 16 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Back to School 2024 · 25 Aug 2024
- CubingUSA Southern Championship 2024 · 2 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Kansas Championship 2024 · 3 May 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- OKC Cube-Off Winter 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- DFW Winter Variation 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Texas Championship 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Oklahoma Fall 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Lawton OKtoberfest Fall 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Quick in Quincy 2023 · 16 Jul 2023
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.
- Casey Ngo — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Lucas Buxton — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Ryan Pilat — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
- A sub-10 Clock single — 8,040 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
Targets move as he improves.