People · United States
John Albright
Pyraminx · top 1.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016ALBR01
John Albright has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.18, set at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2018, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 394th in the United States. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 41 competitions since June 2016, he has put 1,939 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.85 in June 2016 to 7.47, a 46% improvement. John has entered 41 competitions, more competitions than 99% 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 | 2.18 | 3.92 | top 1.5% | 394 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 7.47 | 10.11 | top 1.9% | 1,150 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 2.68 | 3.70 | top 3.5% | 552 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 2.07 | 3.26 | top 5.2% | 2,080 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.88 | 19.90 | top 10.0% | 1,320 / 15,683 | |
| Clock | 6.88 | 8.21 | top 10.5% | 812 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 39.14 | 44.17 | top 11.1% | 1,644 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:16.52 | 1:24.99 | top 16.4% | 1,278 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 1:19.65 | 1:29.68 | top 21.5% | 1,485 / 7,841 | |
| Square-1 | 18.07 | 23.26 | top 23.5% | 1,556 / 6,743 | |
| 6×6 | 2:35.83 | 2:38.30 | top 28.6% | 1,010 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 3:55.62 | 4:20.20 | top 29.0% | 811 / 3,184 |
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
- 11 Mar 2023Four personal bests in one day at Virginia Beach Spring 2023.
- 5 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Wolfpack Winter 2023.
- 29 Jul 2022Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022.
- 4 Jan 2020Three personal bests in one day at Charlotte Winter 2020.
- 23 Nov 2019Four personal bests in one day at Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2019.
- 13 Apr 2018Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2018.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026
- NCSU Wolfpack 2025 · 19 Oct 2025
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Concord Summer 2024 · 9 Jun 2024
- North Carolina Championship 2023 · 4 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Concord Summer 2023 · 25 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Big Cubes in Edneyville 2023 · 28 May 2023
- Virginia Beach Spring 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Wolfpack Winter 2023 · 5 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Niner Nation Open 2023 · 15 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2022 · 12 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022 · 29 Jul 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Charlotte Winter 2020 · 4 Jan 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2019 · 23 Nov 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Rocky The Ram Cubes 2019 · 14 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Scuppernong Spectacular 2019 · 30 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Greensboro Summer 2019 · 20 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Cape Fear Cubing 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2019 · 27 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Hendersonville Winter 2019 · 19 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2018 · 17 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Lowcountry Cubing 2018 · 3 Nov 2018
- Tar Heel Tango 2018 · 13 Oct 2018
- Carolina Season Starter 2018 · 8 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Crossroads Cubing 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Carolina Cubers United 2018 · 12 May 2018
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2018 · 13 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Hendersonville Winter 2018 · 3 Feb 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2017 · 30 Dec 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Raleigh Rubik's Rally 2017 · 4 Nov 2017
- Hendersonville Fall 2017 · 3 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2017 · 7 Jul 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Crossroads Cubing Spring 2017 · 13 May 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Hendersonville Spring 2017 · 23 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Unionville Open Spring 2017 · 18 Mar 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Crossroads Cubing 2017 · 21 Jan 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Marietta Mystery 2016 · 5 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Discovery Place 2016 · 13 Aug 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Spontaneous Summer 2016 · 17 Jul 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Athens Summer Omega 2016 · 4 Jun 2016 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Jacob Ambrose — met in 375 rounds, finished ahead 95 times
- Katie Hull — met in 364 rounds, finished ahead 42 times
- Zachary Ochs — met in 330 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.47 away.
Targets move as he improves.