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Evan Waters

2×2 · top 0.12% of 189,179 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023WATE01

Evan Waters has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.70, set at NAC Prep in Palisades 2026, puts him in the top 0.12% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 50th in the United States. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 49 competitions since January 2023, he has put 2,671 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.03 in January 2023 to 5.84, a 78% improvement. Evan has entered 49 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.12% of 189,179 all-time
0.70
signature single · NAC Prep in Palisades 2026
2,671
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×20.701.39
top 0.12%50 / 41,674
Clock2.222.91
top 0.13%13 / 9,172
Pyraminx1.301.89
top 0.22%72 / 29,168
3×35.847.09
top 0.4%274 / 60,666
Skewb1.532.81
top 0.49%84 / 19,164
4×424.2132.41
top 0.55%98 / 19,354
Square-16.109.47
top 0.87%75 / 6,846
5×552.3858.90
top 2.5%200 / 9,537
Megaminx44.5548.92
top 2.9%210 / 8,026
3×3 one-handed12.2013.88
top 3.3%510 / 15,900
3×3 Fewest Moves24 moves26.33
early days — 3 solves104 / 2,059
6×61:43.161:54.44
top 5.0%172 / 4,262
7×72:52.242:54.22
top 8.5%235 / 3,236

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

Troy Story 2023: 27.03ROC the Cube 2023: 13.71CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 13.74Marble City Cubing 2023: 11.15Cicero 2023: 9.98Troy Story 2024: 9.29Saratoga Springs Newcomers 2024: 9.76Empire State Spring Special 2024: 8.65Empire State NxN 2024: 8.72ROC the Cube 2024: 9.74Gouverneur 2024: 9.01New York Championship 2024: 8.37CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024: 7.65A Buffalo Cube Day 2024: 8.13Finger Lakes Fingertricks 2024: 7.79PBs in Palisades Open 2025: 7.43Blizzard Blitz NY 2025: 7.89Cubing in the 'Cuse 2025: 7.42Cube Against Cancer Buffalo 2025: 7.55Horseheads Spring 2025: 8.06One-Handed Open NY 2025: 7.73Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 7.60Fredonia Finals 2025: 7.88Gouverneur Summer 2025: 6.57CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025: 6.35Clocktober Classic NY 2025: 7.67New York Championship 2025: 7.38Two York Time Twist 2025: 6.40Turning in Corning 2025: 7.09Elmira Miracle 2025: 8.49Two Buffalo Cube Days 2026: 7.36Medina Mayhem 2026: 6.62Empire State ALL11-Stars 2026: 7.40Cubing in the 'Cuse 2026: 7.00Dockin and Clockin Dunkirk 2026: 7.30RIT Tiger Twist 2026: 6.36Marble City Cubing NY 2026: 6.05Brockport Bash 2026: 6.89Puzzles in Pittsford 2026: 6.87Palmyra Spring 2026: 6.89NAC Prep in Palisades 2026: 6.07Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 5.84Syracuse Elite Cubing 2026: 6.35Brookline Favorites IV 2026: 6.84Brighton Brawl NY 2026: 6.76Gouverneur Sprint 2026: 6.67Back To School Buffalo 2026: 7.815.8427.0314 Jan 202326 Sep 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 Clock single — 18 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
  • A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.30 away.

Targets move as he improves.