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Holden Gaynor
Pyraminx · top 5.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025GAYN01
Holden Gaynor has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.39, set at Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,313th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since January 2025, he has put 240 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.28 in January 2025 to 12.76, a 30% improvement. Holden has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.39 | 8.39 | top 5.0% | 1,313 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 2.69 | 4.73 | top 10.8% | 4,258 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 12.76 | 15.08 | top 16.6% | 8,887 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 4.83 | 6.92 | top 16.9% | 2,677 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:07.88 | 1:14.36 | top 44.8% | 7,434 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.31 | 35.53 | top 49.6% | 6,821 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 2:17.06 | — | early days — 3 solves | 5,089 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 37.78 | 47.40 | top 62.5% | 4,124 / 6,743 | |
| Clock | 21.35 | 22.57 | top 68.5% | 5,905 / 8,927 | |
| Megaminx | 2:54.94 | — | top 72.3% | 5,603 / 7,841 |
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
- 14 Aug 2026Six personal bests in one day at Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026.
- 30 Aug 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.76 at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025.
- 25 Jan 2025First competition: Rutgers Winter 2025. A 18.28 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026 · 14 Aug 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- RCBC Cube Day NJ 2026 · 16 May 2026
- Penn Cube Day Spring 2026 · 22 Mar 2026
- River Hill Fall 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Fort Lee Summer 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- King of Prussia Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Penn Cube Day Spring 2025 · 23 Mar 2025
- New-Cumberland County 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rutgers Winter 2025 · 25 Jan 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.
- Zayn Khanani — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sanjam Dash Mohanty — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Zach Ridall — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
Targets move as he improves.