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Grayson Rist

3×3 · top 7.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024RIST01

Grayson Rist has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.93, set at Red Deer Favourites 2026, puts him in the top 7.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 681st in Canada. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since January 2024, he has put 139 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.90 in January 2024 to 9.93, a 50% improvement. Grayson has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.3% of 284,439 all-time
9.93
signature single · Red Deer Favourites 2026
139
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×39.9313.25
top 7.3%681 / 10,392
2×22.883.43
top 12.9%861 / 7,173
Pyraminx6.558.26
top 24.2%1,040 / 4,858

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

Cubing Above the Dinosaurs 2024: 19.90Solved Central Alberta 2024: 16.07Alberta 10th Anniversary 2025: 13.61Battle of Alberta 2025: 12.47Out in the Country Crossfield 2025: 11.58Solved Central Alberta 2025: 10.78Crossfield Fall 2025: 12.54Red Deer Favourites 2026: 9.93Canadian Prairie Championship 2026: 12.059.9319.9027 Jan 202417 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 1.93 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.88 away.

Targets move as he improves.