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Erik Johnson

2×2 · top 0.79% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2007 · 2007JOHN02

Erik Johnson has been competing for 20 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.11, set at Safe Haven competition 2010, puts him in the top 0.79% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 327th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 43 competitions since March 2007, he has put 1,137 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.21 in March 2007 to 7.94, a 54% improvement. Erik has entered 43 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.79% of 186,767 all-time
1.11
signature single · Safe Haven competition 2010
1,137
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.112.67
top 0.79%327 / 40,951
3×3 Fewest Moves20 moves26.67
top 1.0%28 / 2,040
3×37.949.55
top 2.7%1,545 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed16.0219.35
top 10.3%1,358 / 15,683
5×51:14.281:18.54
top 14.8%1,140 / 9,401
4×442.2445.15
top 14.8%2,211 / 19,072
6×62:29.862:35.53
top 25.5%909 / 4,196
7×74:24.074:31.80
top 39.1%1,103 / 3,184
Pyraminx8.8212.60
top 43.3%12,388 / 28,708
Square-130.6042.69
top 50.5%3,305 / 6,743
Megaminx3:57.56—
early days — 1 solve7,214 / 7,841
3×3 blindfolded7:47.78—
early days — 1 solve1,968 / 2,092

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

Cornell Spring competition 2007: 17.21Captain's Cove competition 2007: 15.48Pleasantville Fall competition 2007: 13.43Princeton Open 2008: 15.22Cornell Spring competition 2008: 12.72Armonk Spring 2008: 11.67Captain's Cove competition 2008: 13.15Da Vinci Science Center competition 2008: 12.63Niagara Open Summer 2008: 13.69Drexel Fall 2008: 12.72Westchester Fall 2008: 11.88Captain's Cove competition 2009: 11.46Cumberland Valley Open 2009: 11.61Safe Haven competition 2009: 12.58US Nationals 2009: 11.55MIT Fall 2009: 11.19Safe Haven competition 2010: 11.93United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010: 11.81Cornell Spring 2011: 10.86Newark Head to Head 2012: 11.47Cornell Open Spring 2013: 7.94Cornell Open Spring 2014: 10.32Maryland 2017: 9.62New York Yopen 2022: 9.26Empire State Winter Warmup 2023: 8.79PBs in Palisades 2023: 8.86CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 10.09CubingUSA New England Championship 2023: 9.18Spring into Summit 2024: 8.55Binghamton Summer 2025: 9.17Derwood Cubing Derby Spring 2026: 9.197.9417.2131 Mar 20079 May 2026

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.

  • Rowe Hessler — met in 137 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
  • Dan Cohen — met in 106 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
  • Tim Reynolds — met in 103 rounds, finished ahead 77 times

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.94 away.

Targets move as he improves.