People · United States
Frank Morris
3×3 · top 12.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2003 · 2003MORR01
Frank Morris has been competing for 23 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.71, set at Houston Winter 2013, puts him in the top 12.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,914th in the United States. Across 28 competitions since August 2003, he has put 690 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.01 in August 2003 to 11.71, a 55% improvement. Frank has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% 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 | 11.71 | 14.65 | top 12.9% | 6,914 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 48.33 | 55.98 | top 22.5% | 3,415 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:28.51 | 1:36.96 | top 26.0% | 2,039 / 9,401 | |
| 2×2 | 4.12 | 6.74 | top 28.0% | 11,075 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.64 | 37.90 | top 54.7% | 7,587 / 15,683 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:16.62 | — | top 57.1% | 1,220 / 2,092 | |
| 6×6 | 3:40.11 | 3:42.24 | top 58.7% | 2,242 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 6:01.06 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,061 / 3,184 | |
| Square-1 | 48.82 | 53.55 | top 75.0% | 4,945 / 6,743 | |
| Megaminx | 3:40.48 | — | early days — 1 solve | 6,885 / 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
- 8 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Southwest Idaho Newcomers 2025.
- 12 Apr 2008Three personal bests in one day at Denver Open 2008.
- 17 Nov 2007Five personal bests in one day at Berkeley Fall competition 2007.
- 21 Oct 2006Three personal bests in one day at G-Wiz Fall competition 2006.
- 4 Aug 2006Three personal bests in one day at US Nationals 2006.
- 14 Jan 2006First sub-15 3×3: 14.34 at Caltech Winter competition 2006.
Competitions
- Boise One-Handed Blitz 2025 · 2 Aug 2025
- Southwest Idaho Newcomers 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- SacCubing XIX 2025 · 19 Jan 2025
- Blizzard Town 2014 · 11 Jan 2014
- Houston Winter 2013 · 5 Jan 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Harvard Fall 2011 · 22 Oct 2011 — 1 personal best set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009 · 9 Oct 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2009 · 14 Aug 2009
- San Francisco Open 2009 · 18 Jan 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- German Nationals 2008 · 25 Oct 2008
- US Nationals and Open 2008 · 19 Jul 2008 — 1 personal best set
- Denver Open 2008 · 12 Apr 2008 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley Fall competition 2007 · 17 Nov 2007 — 5 personal bests set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2007 · 5 Oct 2007
- Caltech Summer competition 2007 · 25 Aug 2007 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Spring competition 2007 · 14 Apr 2007 — 2 personal bests set
- Idaho Open 2007 · 17 Mar 2007
- Caltech Winter competition 2007 · 13 Jan 2007
- G-Wiz Fall competition 2006 · 21 Oct 2006 — 3 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2006 · 4 Aug 2006 — 3 personal bests set
- Draughons Eastern competition 2006 · 22 Apr 2006 — 2 personal bests set
- Caltech Winter competition 2006 · 14 Jan 2006 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's World Championship 2005 · 5 Nov 2005
- Idaho Open 2005 · 17 Sep 2005 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Dallas Summer competition 2005 · 13 Aug 2005 — 4 personal bests set
- Caltech Winter competition 2005 · 15 Jan 2005 — 7 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2004 · 10 Jul 2004 — 4 personal bests set
- World Rubik's Games Championship 2003 · 23 Aug 2003
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.
- Bob Burton — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 46 times
- Chris Hardwick — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
- Clancy Cochran — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 49 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.71 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 8.33 away.
Targets move as he improves.