People · United States
Colin Popiel
2×2 · top 28.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025POPI01
Colin Popiel has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.18, set at Vegas Cubing Cup Summer 2025, puts him in the top 28.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,427th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since April 2025, he has put 159 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.18 in April 2025 to 21.53, a 31% improvement. Colin has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 4.18 | 8.14 | top 28.8% | 11,427 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 12.71 | 14.98 | top 38.3% | 3,035 / 8,927 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.88 | 12.73 | top 43.8% | 12,560 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 21.53 | 23.37 | top 44.2% | 25,403 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 9.56 | 16.85 | top 52.2% | 9,391 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 2:57.61 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,717 / 7,841 | |
| 4×4 | 2:02.09 | — | top 82.6% | 15,420 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 1:16.73 | — | early days — 3 solves | 6,223 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:55.61 | — | early days — 1 solve | 15,339 / 15,683 |
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 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026.
- 25 May 2025First sub-30 3×3: 25.56 at Let's Cube Long Beach 2025.
- 6 Apr 2025First competition: Agoura Side Events Day 2025. A 31.18 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Simi Mini B 2026 · 8 Feb 2026
- Agoura Winter 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- UCSB Favorites 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- UCLA Westerns Warmup 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Vegas Cubing Cup Summer 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Let's Cube Long Beach 2025 · 25 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Agoura Side Events Day 2025 · 6 Apr 2025
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.
- Dominic Shoji — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
- Emil Lazaryev — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- Shane Grogan — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
- A sub-12 Clock single — 11,202 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
Targets move as he improves.