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Chris Krueger

2×2 · top 11.1% of 189,179 all-time · competing since April 2006 · 2006KRUE01

Chris Krueger has been competing for 21 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.71, set at Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026, puts him in the top 11.1% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,435th in the United States. Across 115 competitions since April 2006, he has put 710 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 7.43 in March 2007 to 2.71, a 64% improvement. Chris has entered 115 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 11.1% of 189,179 all-time
2.71
signature single · Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026
710
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 86% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.715.21
top 11.1%4,435 / 41,674
3×3 blindfolded1:15.60—
top 18.1%351 / 2,128
3×315.6818.31
top 26.8%14,885 / 60,666
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves44.00
top 33.6%746 / 2,059
Pyraminx7.8211.60
top 34.7%9,964 / 29,168
4×41:00.671:09.14
top 37.3%6,093 / 19,354
3×3 one-handed28.9031.19
top 44.2%6,058 / 15,900
5×51:55.582:13.66
top 46.5%3,906 / 9,537
4×4 blindfolded13:31.00—
top 72.3%303 / 442
Megaminx3:01.883:16.08
top 75.1%6,000 / 8,026
Square-11:07.213:25.61
top 87.7%5,989 / 6,846

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

Idaho Open 2007: 7.43Beijing Spring Open 2008: 6.23US Nationals and Open 2008: 5.89Caltech Fall 2008: 6.83San Francisco Open 2009: 5.91EPGY Stanford Winter 2009: 6.02Utah Open 2009: 4.46San Diego Open 2009: 3.84Guangdong Open 2009: 5.30Hangzhou Open 2010: 3.68Xi'an Spring 2010: 5.38Alpha Cube BUAA Open 2010: 6.84Taiyuan 2010: 5.16ChangChun 2010: 4.41Shanghai Open 2010: 3.50Beijing Mangshan National Forest Park Open 2010: 5.59Taiyuan 2011: 5.11United States National Championships 2011: 5.33World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011: 5.68Tianjin Open 2011: 5.72Taiyuan Open 2012: 3.65Shanghai Summer 2012: 6.05United States National Championships 2012: 6.12Indiana 2013: 4.34US Nationals 2014: 3.72China Championship 2015: 4.90Hefei Open 2017: 3.76Beijing Open 2018: 4.02Beijing Winter 2018: 3.50Beijing Spring AM 2021: 5.38Start of Summer Beijing 2026: 4.36Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026: 2.712.717.4317 Mar 20071 Oct 2026

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
  • A sub-1:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 1,611 people have one; it is 15.60 away.

Targets move as he improves.