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Drew Strickland

3×3 · top 3.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017STRI03

Drew Strickland has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.29, set at Ohio State Winter 2025, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,881st in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since September 2017, he has put 548 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.94 in September 2017 to 8.29, a 62% improvement. Drew has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.3% of 284,439 all-time
8.29
signature single · Ohio State Winter 2025
548
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.299.71
top 3.3%1,881 / 59,724
4×434.0340.09
top 5.9%906 / 19,072
7×72:47.233:03.61
top 7.1%190 / 3,184
5×51:04.111:08.34
top 7.8%617 / 9,401
Megaminx58.921:02.14
top 9.4%653 / 7,841
Pyraminx4.356.51
top 9.4%2,442 / 28,708
Skewb3.816.17
top 9.6%1,474 / 18,907
6×62:02.302:10.96
top 11.9%424 / 4,196
3×3 one-handed17.5924.16
top 14.0%1,825 / 15,683
2×23.474.28
top 19.8%7,791 / 40,951
Square-123.3435.73
top 35.5%2,302 / 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

Howland High Fall 2017: 21.94Shaker Fall 2017: 21.77Husky Showdown 2018: 17.00Shaker Spring 2018: 16.43Holy Toledo Summer 2018: 14.26Flag City Fall 2018: 14.47Shaker Fall 2018: 12.10Pittsburgh Spring 2019: 11.46Cuyahoga Cubing 2019: 11.45Ken-Ton Cubing 2019: 10.11Flag City Fall 2019: 13.11Ohio State Nearly New Years 2024: 9.77Ohio State Winter 2025: 8.29NxNationwide Lewis Center 2025: 8.48Barberton Mini 7 2025: 9.00Green Winter 2025: 8.718.2921.949 Sep 20171 Mar 2025

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 4.03 away.

Targets move as he improves.