People · United States
Frank Powers
2×2 · top 13.6% of 189,179 all-time · competing since December 2019 · 2019POWE11
Frank Powers has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.94, set at Moose On The Loose Cubikon 2022, puts him in the top 13.6% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,437th in the United States. Across 12 competitions since December 2019, he has put 211 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.41 in March 2022 to 14.20, a 55% improvement. Frank has entered twelve 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.94 | 4.28 | top 13.6% | 5,437 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 14.20 | 15.32 | top 21.8% | 11,937 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.61 | 10.21 | top 33.0% | 9,406 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.64 | 28.84 | top 33.3% | 4,426 / 15,900 | |
| Megaminx | 2:01.15 | — | top 46.4% | 3,501 / 8,026 | |
| 4×4 | 1:14.36 | 1:30.37 | top 51.0% | 8,745 / 19,354 | |
| Clock | 19.99 | 31.08 | top 64.6% | 5,661 / 9,172 | |
| Skewb | 12.23 | 15.28 | top 67.2% | 12,739 / 19,164 | |
| 5×5 | 2:57.45 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,069 / 9,537 |
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
- 21 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at Brown Cubing Day 2026.
- 9 Jul 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.31 at Jay House of Cubes 2023.
- 27 Aug 2022First sub-20 3×3: 17.08 at Westport Summer 2022.
- 7 May 2022Three personal bests in one day at Moose On The Loose Cubikon 2022.
- 30 Apr 2022First sub-30 3×3: 20.70 at Empire State Spring 2022.
- 30 Apr 2022Four personal bests in one day at Empire State Spring 2022.
Competitions
- Edgemont Cubing 2026 · 18 Apr 2026
- Brown Cubing Day 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- PBs in Palisades 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in Mount Kisco 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023
- Jay House of Cubes 2023 · 9 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Westchester Weeknights 1 2023 · 22 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Westport Summer 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Moose On The Loose Cubikon 2022 · 7 May 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Empire State Spring 2022 · 30 Apr 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Deerfield Winter 2022 · 12 Mar 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Liberty Science Center Open 2019 · 14 Dec 2019
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.
- Evan Liu — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Carter Williams — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead once
- Carson Widjaja — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 2.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.