People · United States
Frederick Selig
2×2 · top 2.6% of 189,179 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 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,023rd in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since July 2025, he has put 304 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 36,406 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 eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 3.98 | top 2.6% | 1,023 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 10.31 | 12.40 | top 8.4% | 4,700 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.18 | 7.40 | top 14.3% | 3,818 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 50.21 | 54.94 | top 25.1% | 3,892 / 19,354 | |
| Clock | 10.83 | 12.15 | top 29.2% | 2,324 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.17 | 29.63 | top 37.4% | 5,041 / 15,900 | |
| Skewb | 7.51 | 9.32 | top 37.6% | 6,516 / 19,164 | |
| Megaminx | 1:46.85 | 2:09.27 | top 38.7% | 2,844 / 8,026 | |
| 5×5 | 1:53.58 | 2:09.05 | top 45.2% | 3,782 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 46 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,439 / 2,059 | |
| 6×6 | 4:52.95 | — | top 80.2% | 3,260 / 4,262 | |
| 7×7 | 8:06.28 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,914 / 3,236 |
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
- Back To School Buffalo 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Brighton Brawl NY 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- 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 73 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Patrick Strawder — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Ethan Qiu — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
Targets move as he improves.