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Gavin Tenney

3×3 · top 6.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2021 · 2021TENN01

Gavin Tenney has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.50, set at Wild West Wyoming 2026, puts him in the top 6.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,384th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since November 2021, he has put 587 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.85 in November 2021 to 9.50, a 44% improvement. Gavin has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.1% of 284,439 all-time
9.50
signature single · Wild West Wyoming 2026
587
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.5012.06
top 6.1%3,384 / 59,724
3×3 blindfolded53.87—
top 11.2%214 / 2,092
4×440.1343.68
top 12.3%1,816 / 19,072
Pyraminx4.929.61
top 12.7%3,303 / 28,708
2×22.934.08
top 13.4%5,283 / 40,951
5×51:15.021:17.97
top 15.4%1,189 / 9,401
Skewb4.796.08
top 16.6%2,622 / 18,907
7×73:25.743:51.21
top 18.3%514 / 3,184
3×3 one-handed19.3224.63
top 18.7%2,411 / 15,683
6×62:22.772:29.98
top 21.9%775 / 4,196
Megaminx1:27.011:51.05
top 26.2%1,810 / 7,841
Clock11.9413.95
top 34.6%2,739 / 8,927
3×3 Multi-Blind5 of 5 cubes · 28:03—
early days — 2 solves269 / 731
Square-129.7635.18
top 49.0%3,195 / 6,743
4×4 blindfolded9:46.97—
early days — 2 solves240 / 440
3×3 Fewest Moves49 moves51.67
top 76.8%1,575 / 2,040

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

CubingUSA Western Championship 2021: 16.85Utah Ice Cubing 2022: 15.50Utah's California Gull Extravaganza 2022: 15.47Utah Championship 2022: 16.41Utah Snowball Bash 2022: 14.74Utah Megacomp 2023: 16.79Tooele Open B 2025: 12.27Back to School Utah 2025: 12.59Davis County Showdown 2025: 11.78Utah State University Fall 2025: 11.46Utah Championship 2025: 11.25Utah Snowball Bash 2025: 10.17Utah Ice Cubing 2026: 10.78Utah All-Stars 2026: 10.41Utah Puzzling for Awareness V Favorites 2026: 12.80Utah Cubing Classic 2026: 10.11Davis County Showdown 2026: 12.34Wild West Wyoming 2026: 9.509.5016.8526 Nov 202125 Jul 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.50 away.
  • A sub-50 3×3 blindfolded single — 1,207 people have one; it is 3.87 away.

Targets move as he improves.