People · United States
Colton Gehrling
Pyraminx · top 2.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024GEHR01
Colton Gehrling has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.55, set at Presidential Puzzles in PA 2026, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 617th in the United States. Until January 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since April 2024, he has put 901 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.85 in April 2024 to 8.73, a 70% improvement. Colton has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.55 | 3.99 | top 2.3% | 617 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 1.74 | 3.34 | top 3.3% | 1,274 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 8.73 | 10.96 | top 4.2% | 2,366 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 3.30 | 6.20 | top 6.6% | 1,014 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 43.17 | 49.71 | top 16.0% | 2,423 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.44 | 23.39 | top 16.3% | 2,099 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 1:20.42 | 1:33.09 | top 19.4% | 1,520 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 1:17.73 | 1:43.66 | top 20.4% | 1,399 / 7,841 | |
| Clock | 10.13 | 11.38 | top 25.7% | 1,975 / 8,927 | |
| 6×6 | 3:07.66 | 3:31.48 | top 44.5% | 1,641 / 4,196 | |
| Square-1 | 28.49 | 39.46 | top 46.6% | 3,041 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 14 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026.
- 25 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Northern Tier Twist 2026.
- 30 Aug 2025Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025.
- 26 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Fredonia Finals 2025.
- 3 Jul 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.57 at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025.
- 17 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Presidential Puzzles in PA 2025.
Competitions
- Tartan Twist PA 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026 · 14 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Presidential Puzzles in PA 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Northern Tier Twist 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Return to Green OH 2026 · 29 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Against Cancer Pittsburgh 2026 · 28 Mar 2026
- New Martinsville Newcomers 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Steel City Sprint PA 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Northern Tier Twist 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Locked in Clocked in Coshocton 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Fredonia Finals 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Doing Time in Moundsville 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Presidential Puzzles in PA 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubes in the Mountains WV 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- PA-retzel Mania Winter 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Pittsburgh Winter 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Happy Valley Fall PA 2024 · 1 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Fast in Fayette 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Green Fall 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Plum Puzzles 2024 · 6 Apr 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.
- Emmett Dunn — met in 145 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
- Mark Gowman — met in 137 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Gabriel Gowman — met in 137 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
Targets move as he improves.