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Grady Wright

2×2 · top 2.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023WRIG13

Grady Wright has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.51, set at Gem State Sprint 2026, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 873rd in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since May 2023, he has put 432 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 6 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.32 in May 2023 to 8.29, a 55% improvement. Grady has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.2% of 186,767 all-time
1.51
signature single · Gem State Sprint 2026
432
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.512.41
top 2.2%873 / 40,951
3×38.2910.64
top 3.3%1,881 / 59,724
Pyraminx3.616.48
top 5.9%1,521 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed15.2417.47
top 8.6%1,154 / 15,683
Square-111.8015.10
top 9.4%671 / 6,743
Skewb4.276.04
top 12.8%1,984 / 18,907
4×442.7550.29
top 15.4%2,329 / 19,072
5×51:22.421:27.45
top 21.1%1,634 / 9,401
Megaminx1:20.131:31.99
top 21.9%1,507 / 7,841
Clock10.3012.73
top 26.6%2,049 / 8,927
6×62:47.962:59.77
top 35.1%1,260 / 4,196
7×74:49.875:04.12
top 47.7%1,383 / 3,184
3×3 Fewest Moves50 moves
early days — 1 solve1,618 / 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

Salt Lake Utah Summer 2023: 18.32Back to School Utah 2023: 14.75Big n Skewb Boise 2024: 11.79Idaho Championship 2024: 10.52Southwest Idaho Newcomers 2025: 10.12Boise One-Handed Blitz 2025: 8.82Idaho Championship 2025: 8.29Gem State Sprint 2026: 8.58Pocatello Potato Palooza 2026: 10.16Meridian Marathon 2026: 8.768.2918.3219 May 202325 Apr 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.

  • Damian Wilding — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 38 times
  • Evan Beck — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Cade Beck — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead 19 times

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.29 away.

Targets move as he improves.