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Fred Johnson

3×3 Fewest Moves · top 1.0% of 12,294 all-time · competing since November 2006 · 2006JOHN01

Fred Johnson has been competing for 20 years. His best event is the 3×3 Fewest Moves: a personal-best single of 20 moves, set at FMC World 2026, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 12,294 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 28th in the United States. Across 32 competitions since November 2006, he has put 742 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.26 in November 2006 to 11.58, a 58% improvement. Fred has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 Fewest Moves
best event — top 1.0% of 12,294 all-time
20 moves
signature single · FMC World 2026
742
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×3 Fewest Moves20 moves33.33
top 1.0%28 / 2,040
3×311.5814.63
top 12.4%6,687 / 59,724
Clock7.8210.15
top 14.3%1,095 / 8,927
2×23.435.37
top 19.3%7,590 / 40,951
4×449.4154.76
top 24.0%3,661 / 19,072
Megaminx1:31.291:40.39
top 29.1%2,023 / 7,841
Pyraminx7.2010.35
top 29.5%8,174 / 28,708
Skewb6.708.38
top 31.3%5,180 / 18,907
3×3 Multi-Blind6 of 6 cubes · 50:21—
top 32.9%245 / 731
5×51:41.251:44.68
top 36.3%2,887 / 9,401
7×74:19.354:27.43
top 37.5%1,046 / 3,184
6×62:55.243:06.26
top 38.7%1,404 / 4,196
3×3 one-handed28.0232.61
top 42.0%5,637 / 15,683
3×3 blindfolded2:30.24—
top 43.3%922 / 2,092
Square-131.3435.70
top 51.9%3,401 / 6,743
4×4 blindfolded18:12.00—
top 85.9%363 / 440

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

Caltech Fall competition 2006: 27.26Bama Big Cubes 2024: 19.27GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2024: 17.91Cubing on the Plains at Auburn 2025: 17.47GA Cuber Jackets Spring 2025: 15.95Middle Georgia Big Cube Showdown 2025: 17.39Cubing in School Westminster 2025: 14.92Cube Against Cancer Roswell 2025: 16.28Fort Payne Summer 2025: 14.56Middle Georgia Mega Mania 2025: 15.61Atlanta Algs at AIS Autumn 2025: 13.23GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2025: 18.51Spookin' on the Plains at Auburn 2025: 15.15Georgia Championship 2026: 14.73Marietta the Gathering 2026: 12.79Marietta Monday Mini II 2026: 15.01Middle Georgia March Madness 2026: 14.52Marietta Monday Mini III 2026: 14.60Cube Against Cancer Roswell 2026: 14.34CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2026: 15.21Scenic City Spring TN 2026: 14.07The Loveliest Solves on the Plains Auburn 2026: 11.58GA Cubers Pride 2026: 13.69Middle Georgia Summer Solving 2026: 12.13Scenic City Summer TN 2026: 15.61Fort Payne Summer 2026: 14.2911.5827.2611 Nov 200622 Aug 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.

  • Daniel Mullen — met in 165 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
  • Clay Moore — met in 153 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
  • Katie Hull — met in 150 rounds, finished ahead 5 times

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.58 away.
  • A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 1.82 away.

Targets move as he improves.