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Chris Krueger

3×3 blindfolded · top 18.0% of 12,178 all-time · competing since April 2006 · 2006KRUE01

Chris Krueger has been competing for 20 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 1:15.60, set at Canadian Open 2007, puts him in the top 18.0% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 346th in the United States. Across 114 competitions since April 2006, he has put 705 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 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 7.43 in March 2007 to 3.50, a 53% improvement. Chris has entered 114 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 18.0% of 12,178 all-time
1:15.60
signature single · Canadian Open 2007
705
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
3×3 blindfolded1:15.60—
top 18.0%346 / 2,092
2×23.505.21
top 20.2%7,928 / 40,951
3×315.6818.31
top 26.7%14,607 / 59,724
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves44.00
top 33.6%738 / 2,040
Pyraminx7.8211.60
top 34.7%9,808 / 28,708
4×41:00.671:09.14
top 37.2%6,002 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed28.9031.19
top 44.1%5,966 / 15,683
5×51:55.582:13.66
top 46.4%3,839 / 9,401
4×4 blindfolded13:31.00—
top 72.4%301 / 440
Megaminx3:01.883:16.08
top 75.0%5,862 / 7,841
Square-11:07.213:25.61
top 87.8%5,908 / 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

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: 4.363.507.4317 Mar 20071 May 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-1:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 1,593 people have one; it is 15.60 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.