People · United States
Christopher Whitehead
3×3 · top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024WHIT13
Christopher Whitehead has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.72, set at Slow N Steady UMD Spring 2025, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,355th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since March 2024, he has put 187 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.99 in March 2024 to 8.72, a 45% improvement. Christopher has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 8.72 | 11.94 | top 4.2% | 2,355 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.87 | 7.99 | top 19.0% | 5,072 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 3.63 | 5.16 | top 21.8% | 8,543 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 50.80 | 55.56 | top 25.7% | 3,961 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 6.09 | 10.59 | top 26.4% | 4,301 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.99 | 27.86 | top 28.7% | 3,712 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 1:32.69 | 1:41.75 | top 29.5% | 2,332 / 9,401 |
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 Mar 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.72 at Slow N Steady UMD Spring 2025.
- 23 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Slow N Steady UMD Spring 2025.
- 1 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025.
- 21 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at UMBC Fall 2024.
- 31 Aug 2024Four personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania Summer 2024.
- 13 Apr 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.29 at Slow N Steady Spring 2024.
Competitions
- River Hill Spring 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady UMD Spring 2025 · 23 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025 · 1 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- UMBC Fall 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- UMBC Winter 2024 · 2 Mar 2024
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.
- Panashe Sharma — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
- Leland Pak — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Stone Payne — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
Targets move as he improves.