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Carter Strouse

Pyraminx · top 3.4% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017STRO07

Carter Strouse has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.94, set at Puzzles in Pottsville 2025, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 909th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since October 2017, he has put 997 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.60 in October 2017 to 9.63, a 51% improvement. Carter has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 3.4% of 129,321 all-time
2.94
signature single · Puzzles in Pottsville 2025
997
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx2.944.68
top 3.4%909 / 28,708
2×21.993.75
top 4.7%1,867 / 40,951
Clock5.266.37
top 5.1%403 / 8,927
3×39.6311.73
top 6.4%3,559 / 59,724
Skewb4.037.28
top 11.1%1,711 / 18,907
Square-114.6324.10
top 15.6%1,047 / 6,743
Megaminx1:22.851:37.53
top 23.6%1,634 / 7,841
4×451.731:01.21
top 26.8%4,128 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed22.3729.00
top 27.1%3,492 / 15,683
5×52:01.82—
top 50.3%4,218 / 9,401
6×63:48.31—
top 61.7%2,382 / 4,196
3×3 blindfolded3:40.76—
top 63.6%1,327 / 2,092
3×3 Fewest Moves45 moves46.67
early days — 3 solves1,364 / 2,040
7×76:06.438:34.19
top 69.3%2,117 / 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

UPenn Cube Day Fall 2017: 19.60Berwick Fall 2023: 14.42Cumberland County Cubing 2023: 12.68GCU Winter 2024: 12.91It's About Time Bloomsburg 2024: 11.17Berwick Spring 2024: 11.96Puzzles in Pottsville 2024: 11.13Pennsylvania Championship 2024: 12.66Pretzel Mania Summer 2024: 11.78High Five Bloomsburg 2024: 12.28Cumberland County Fall 2024: 11.76Puzzles in Pottsville 2025: 10.68New-Cumberland County 2025: 11.04Penn Cube Day Spring 2025: 10.64Tipping Point Bloomsburg 2025: 11.40King of Prussia Spring 2025: 11.37Puzzles in Pottsville Spring 2025: 11.85Berwick Spring 2025: 10.30Christmas City Cubing PA 2025: 11.42Penn Cube Day Fall 2025: 9.97King of Prussia Spring 2026: 9.63Penn Cube Day Spring 2026: 11.24Ephrata Spring 2026: 11.48Happy Valley Spring PA 2026: 11.77Cherry Hill Mini May 2026: 10.16LCCC Cubing Summer 2026: 11.09King of Prussia Summer 2026: 10.58Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026: 13.249.6319.6022 Oct 201714 Aug 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-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.99 away.

Targets move as he improves.