People · United States
Carter Cieslewicz
Skewb · top 7.0% of 73,281 all-time · competing since February 2020 · 2020CIES01
Carter Cieslewicz has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.38, set at Swallow Spring 2023, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,090th in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since February 2020, he has put 431 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.50 in February 2020 to 10.50, a 64% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 3.38 | 5.12 | top 7.0% | 1,090 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.09 | 5.78 | top 8.1% | 2,081 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 10.50 | 13.70 | top 9.0% | 4,909 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 8.90 | 10.59 | top 19.5% | 1,492 / 8,927 | |
| 2×2 | 3.48 | 4.15 | top 20.0% | 7,841 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 54.25 | 57.96 | top 29.8% | 4,675 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.49 | 29.40 | top 35.5% | 4,690 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 1:46.92 | 1:55.88 | top 40.5% | 3,271 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 2:06.06 | 2:11.88 | top 49.2% | 3,658 / 7,841 | |
| 6×6 | 3:28.71 | 3:48.36 | top 54.2% | 2,045 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 6:08.36 | 6:10.77 | top 69.8% | 2,132 / 3,184 |
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
- 24 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Sturgeon Bay Big Cubes 2024.
- 26 Aug 2023Four personal bests in one day at Wisconsin Cubing Marathon 2023.
- 22 Apr 2023Four personal bests in one day at Swallow Spring 2023.
- 8 Apr 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.30 at Cubing up the UP 2023.
- 8 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at Cubing up the UP 2023.
- 24 Jul 2021First sub-20 3×3: 17.98 at Copper Country Cubing Summer 2021.
Competitions
- Door County Cube Challenge 2025 · 10 May 2025
- Door County Cube Challenge 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Eau Claire 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Delta County Cubing 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Sturgeon Bay Big Cubes 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Wisconsin Cubing Marathon 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Swallow Spring 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing up the UP 2023 · 8 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- NA Stadium Series - Green Bay 2022 · 5 Mar 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Copper Country Cubing Summer 2021 · 24 Jul 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing Peoria 2020 · 16 Feb 2020
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.
- Carter Kucala — met in 93 rounds, never finished ahead
- Simon Kellum — met in 79 rounds, finished ahead once
- Luke Selle — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
Targets move as he improves.