People · United States
Dylan Powell
3×3 · top 7.0% of 284,439 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 9.84, set at 4x4 Off US-40 IL 2026, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,854th in the United States. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since April 2022, he has put 437 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.01 in April 2022 to 9.84, a 39% improvement. Dylan has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 9.84 | 12.37 | top 7.0% | 3,854 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.57 | 3.76 | top 9.6% | 3,790 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.37 | 11.66 | top 15.5% | 4,079 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 45.96 | 51.07 | top 19.5% | 2,963 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 6.85 | 9.22 | top 32.5% | 5,427 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 1:39.45 | 1:48.83 | top 34.9% | 2,772 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.59 | 35.06 | top 52.5% | 7,243 / 15,683 | |
| Clock | 17.07 | 19.52 | top 55.7% | 4,620 / 8,927 | |
| Megaminx | 2:23.95 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,381 / 7,841 |
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
- 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.
- 20 Aug 2022Five personal bests in one day at Kansas City Krazy Cubing 2022.
Competitions
- 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 66 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Carter Kucala — met in 58 rounds, never finished ahead
- Simon Kellum — met in 57 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.84 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
Targets move as he improves.