People · United States
Frederick Moody Blackmon III
3×3 · top 8.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025BLAC05
Frederick Moody Blackmon III has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.47, set at The Loveliest Solves on the Plains Auburn 2026, puts him in the top 8.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,854th in the United States. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since March 2025, he has put 84 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.50 in March 2025 to 10.47, a 37% improvement. Frederick has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 10.47 | 11.44 | top 8.9% | 4,854 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.24 | 4.55 | top 17.1% | 6,687 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 47.65 | 53.36 | top 21.7% | 3,289 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.78 | 33.32 | top 38.8% | 5,161 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.54 | 10.55 | top 40.9% | 11,715 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 9.93 | 13.50 | top 54.5% | 9,884 / 18,907 | |
| Clock | 19.96 | 24.40 | top 64.5% | 5,497 / 8,927 |
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
- 24 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at The Loveliest Solves on the Plains Auburn 2026.
- 25 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Spookin' on the Plains at Auburn 2025.
- 12 Oct 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.57 at Alabama Crimson Cubing Fall 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025First competition: Alabama Crimson Cubing Spring 2025. A 16.50 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- The Loveliest Solves on the Plains Auburn 2026 · 24 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Spookin' on the Plains at Auburn 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Alabama Crimson Cubing Fall 2025 · 12 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Alabama Crimson Cubing Spring 2025 · 22 Mar 2025
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.
- Drake Denton Richard — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Katie Hull — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jared Stinson — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
Targets move as he improves.