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John David Helvey

2×2 · top 58.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025HELV01

John David Helvey has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 6.80, set at Lente in Lent 2025, puts him in the top 58.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 24,074th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since March 2025, he has put 24 official solves on the record across three events. His 2×2 best has come down from 12.02 in March 2025 to 6.80, a 43% improvement. John has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 58.7% of 186,767 all-time
6.80
signature single · Lente in Lent 2025
24
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×26.808.93
top 58.7%24,074 / 40,951
3×332.1537.89
top 66.1%39,733 / 59,724
Pyraminx16.7417.27
top 87.1%25,655 / 28,708

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

Brugge Beginners Open 2025: 12.02Lente in Lent 2025: 6.806.8012.0222 Mar 202512 Apr 2025

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 2.15 away.

Targets move as he improves.