People · United States
Dylan Powell
3×3 · top 6.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022POWE03
Dylan Powell has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.54, set at Iowa Championship 2026, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,497th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since April 2022, he has put 502 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.01 in April 2022 to 9.54, a 40% improvement. Dylan has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 9.54 | 11.87 | top 6.2% | 3,497 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.57 | 3.76 | top 9.7% | 3,866 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.37 | 11.66 | top 15.6% | 4,154 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 44.32 | 51.07 | top 17.5% | 2,685 / 19,354 | |
| Skewb | 6.85 | 9.22 | top 32.6% | 5,519 / 19,164 | |
| 5×5 | 1:39.45 | 1:48.83 | top 35.0% | 2,811 / 9,537 | |
| Clock | 13.42 | 16.69 | top 41.4% | 3,387 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.80 | 33.49 | top 50.8% | 7,103 / 15,900 | |
| Megaminx | 2:23.95 | — | top 58.5% | 4,493 / 8,026 |
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
- 19 Sep 2026Five personal bests in one day at Iowa Championship 2026.
- 29 Aug 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.84 at 4x4 Off US-40 IL 2026.
- 15 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2026.
- 27 May 2023Six personal bests in one day at Minnesota Cube Melt 2023.
- 18 Dec 2022Three personal bests in one day at Naperville Winter B 2022.
- 20 Aug 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.84 at Kansas City Krazy Cubing 2022.
Competitions
- Iowa Championship 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- 4x4 Off US-40 IL 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2026 · 15 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Chicago Area Twist Spring B 2024 · 19 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Muske-GO 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Algs in Ankeny 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Dubuque Winter 2023 · 5 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Naperville Winter B 2022 · 18 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Iowa Fall 2022 · 19 Nov 2022
- Cubing Peoria 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Kansas City Krazy Cubing 2022 · 20 Aug 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Milwaukee First 2022 · 6 Aug 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2022 · 29 Apr 2022
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.
- Brian Johnson — met in 78 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Carter Kucala — met in 72 rounds, never finished ahead
- Simon Kellum — met in 57 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.54 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
Targets move as he improves.