People · United States
Grant Mertz
Skewb · top 6.3% of 73,281 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024MERT01
Grant Mertz has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.25, set at South East Louisiana Open 2025, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 978th in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since September 2024, he has put 125 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.10 in September 2024 to 17.75, a 23% improvement. Grant has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 3.25 | 14.89 | top 6.3% | 978 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 4.13 | 5.31 | top 28.1% | 11,135 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 17.75 | 19.56 | top 33.3% | 18,500 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 19.05 | 20.62 | top 61.9% | 5,221 / 8,927 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.26 | 17.02 | top 62.4% | 18,363 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:30.26 | 1:37.94 | top 63.7% | 11,167 / 19,072 |
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
- 22 Mar 2025Four personal bests in one day at Cube Against Cancer New Orleans 2025.
- 4 Jan 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.68 at Baton Rouge Winter B 2025.
- 4 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at Baton Rouge Winter B 2025.
- 14 Sep 2024First competition: Fleur-de-Lis Fall LA 2024. A 23.10 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Baton Rouge Winter 2026 · 2 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- South East Louisiana Open 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer New Orleans 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Baton Rouge Winter B 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- New Orleans 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Fleur-de-Lis Fall LA 2024 · 14 Sep 2024
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.
- Gunner Engelsman — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead once
- RJ Gohn — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Cooper Landry — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
Targets move as he improves.