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Eric Penick
Pyraminx · top 30.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since June 2025 · 2025PENI03
Eric Penick has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 7.34, set at Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2026, puts him in the top 30.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,550th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since June 2025, he has put 118 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.18 in June 2025 to 18.82, a 22% improvement. Eric has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 7.34 | 11.62 | top 30.7% | 8,550 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 18.82 | 21.29 | top 36.6% | 20,569 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 9.00 | 14.99 | top 48.4% | 8,624 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 6.42 | 7.55 | top 55.2% | 22,574 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 39.58 | 55.75 | top 64.7% | 9,191 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:49.92 | 2:00.12 | top 76.6% | 14,052 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 3:41.20 | 4:01.83 | top 86.3% | 6,906 / 7,841 | |
| Clock | 43.49 | — | early days — 1 solve | 8,509 / 8,927 |
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 2026Four personal bests in one day at West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026.
- 19 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2026.
- 15 Feb 2026First sub-20 3×3: 19.79 at UCLA Spring 2026.
- 22 Jun 2025First competition: West Coast Cubing Tour: Los Angeles 2025. A 24.18 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2026 · 19 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- UCLA Spring 2026 · 15 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Mission Viejo Fall 2025 · 12 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- UCLA Summer 2025 · 20 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- West Coast Cubing Tour: Los Angeles 2025 · 22 Jun 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.
- Emil Lazaryev — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- Matthew Dickman — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead once
- Zhai Phifer — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.34 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.82 away.
Targets move as he improves.