People · United States
John Crawley
2×2 · top 6.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016CRAW01
John Crawley has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.27, set at Bowling Green Spring 2026, puts him in the top 6.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,687th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 31 competitions since January 2016, he has put 909 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 55.28 in January 2016 to 9.97, an 82% improvement. John has entered 31 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.27 | 4.08 | top 6.8% | 2,687 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 9.97 | 11.87 | top 7.4% | 4,050 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.94 | 7.97 | top 12.8% | 3,321 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 41.65 | 51.30 | top 14.1% | 2,096 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 1:23.25 | 1:41.07 | top 23.9% | 1,658 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.69 | 31.95 | top 30.6% | 3,964 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 6.91 | 10.05 | top 33.0% | 5,525 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 2:00.38 | 2:11.33 | top 49.5% | 4,149 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 4:10.60 | 5:28.79 | top 68.9% | 2,698 / 4,196 | |
| Square-1 | 44.00 | 1:00.90 | top 70.0% | 4,600 / 6,743 | |
| Clock | 26.36 | 37.43 | top 79.1% | 6,980 / 8,927 |
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
- 20 Jun 2026Three personal bests in one day at Oldham County Summer 2026.
- 28 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Bowling Green Spring 2026.
- 20 Dec 2025Four personal bests in one day at Ohio Championship 2025.
- 11 Oct 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.97 at Cincinnati Cube Challenge 2025.
- 20 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Ohio State Summer 2025.
- 28 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Gem City Pre-Flight Warm Up OH 2025.
Competitions
- Kids America Coshocton Cube Clash 2026 · 8 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cardinal Country KY Cubing 2026 · 11 Jul 2026
- Ohio State Summer Warm Up 2026 · 27 Jun 2026
- Oldham County Summer 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026 · 5 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- National Trail Open OH 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Bowling Green Spring 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Ohio University 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cincinnati Speedsolving 2026 · 21 Feb 2026
- Lexington Winter 2025 · 27 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ohio Championship 2025 · 20 Dec 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Bowling Green Fall 2025 · 16 Nov 2025
- Oldham County Fall 2025 · 18 Oct 2025
- Cincinnati Cube Challenge 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Prebleminxing 2025 · 13 Sep 2025
- Cubing by the Kings OH 2025 · 24 Aug 2025
- Cincinnati Open 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Ohio State Summer 2025 · 20 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Gem City Pre-Flight Warm Up OH 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Fun in Muncie 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Northern Kentucky 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cincinnati Speed Solving 2025 · 22 Feb 2025
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024 · 4 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing For LLS Fall 2018 · 25 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Husky Showdown 2018 · 3 Feb 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2017 · 7 Jul 2017
- Queen City 2017 · 3 Jun 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Bluegrass Spring 2017 · 4 Mar 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Mason Cubing Challenge 2016 · 10 Sep 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Indiana 2016 · 25 Jun 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Queen City 2016 · 9 Jan 2016
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.
- Emery McFeeter — met in 151 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
- Jayden Clark — met in 149 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Braden Richards — met in 148 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.97 away.
Targets move as he improves.