People · United States
Christof Joseph Ruz
3×3 · top 3.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024RUZC01
Christof Joseph Ruz has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.27, set at San Ramon Fall 2025, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,859th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since June 2024, he has put 166 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.67 in June 2024 to 8.27, a 22% improvement. Christof has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.27 | 10.38 | top 3.3% | 1,859 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.50 | 3.33 | top 8.9% | 3,497 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 42.00 | 56.45 | top 14.5% | 2,169 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.45 | 33.27 | top 40.5% | 5,417 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.41 | 11.43 | top 48.3% | 13,981 / 28,708 | |
| Megaminx | 4:26.85 | — | early days — 1 solve | 7,514 / 7,841 |
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
- 23 Feb 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.66 at Bay Area Side Events Day 2025.
- 22 Jun 2024First competition: Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024. A 11.57 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Berkeley Favorites 2026 · 1 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- San Ramon Fall 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Belmont Spring 2025 · 24 May 2025
- EVO Sports Expo Cubing - Santa Clara 2025 · 12 Apr 2025
- Bay Area Side Events Day 2025 · 23 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 67 - San Ramon 2025 · 12 Jan 2025
- Berkeley Fall 2024 · 13 Oct 2024
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 64 LIVE - SSF 2024 · 8 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Benjamin Chan — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Nolan Yiu — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Alessandro Diomampo — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
Targets move as he improves.