People · United States
Frederick Selig
2×2 · top 2.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2025 · 2025SELI02
Frederick Selig has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.59, set at Corning Summer 2026, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,000th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since July 2025, he has put 252 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.70 in July 2025 to 10.31, a 63% improvement. Frederick has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 1.59 | 4.25 | top 2.6% | 1,000 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 10.31 | 12.40 | top 8.4% | 4,614 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.46 | 8.07 | top 23.5% | 6,372 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 52.29 | 55.13 | top 27.5% | 4,251 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 10.83 | 12.15 | top 29.3% | 2,279 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.17 | 30.29 | top 37.3% | 4,958 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 7.51 | 9.32 | top 37.5% | 6,414 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 1:59.83 | 2:09.05 | top 49.2% | 4,121 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 2:13.61 | 2:21.73 | top 53.0% | 3,962 / 7,841 | |
| 6×6 | 4:52.95 | — | top 80.2% | 3,207 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 8:06.28 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,868 / 3,184 |
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
- 12 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Syracuse Elite Cubing 2026.
- 26 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Hemlock Lake 2026.
- 4 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at RIT Tiger Twist 2026.
- 17 Jan 2026First sub-15 3×3: 13.47 at Two Buffalo Cube Days 2026.
- 17 Jan 2026Six personal bests in one day at Two Buffalo Cube Days 2026.
- 1 Nov 2025Five personal bests in one day at Fingertricks in Fredonia 2025.
Competitions
- Corning Summer 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Syracuse Elite Cubing 2026 · 12 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Hemlock Lake 2026 · 26 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- RIT Tiger Twist 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Medina Mayhem 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Two Buffalo Cube Days 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Fingertricks in Fredonia 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Clocktober Classic NY 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Fredonia Finals 2025 · 26 Jul 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.
- Louis Truong — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Patrick Strawder — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Ethan Qiu — met in 45 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
Targets move as he improves.