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John Linder

Pyraminx · top 1.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015LIND08

John Linder has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.95, set at Puget Sound Winter 2.0 2017, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 38th in Canada. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since November 2015, he has put 635 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.99 in November 2015 to 8.70, a 62% improvement. John has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 1.1% of 129,321 all-time
1.95
signature single · Puget Sound Winter 2.0 2017
635
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
Pyraminx1.956.54
top 1.1%38 / 4,858
3×38.7010.18
top 4.2%397 / 10,392
2×22.053.25
top 5.1%310 / 7,173
4×439.3642.47
top 11.4%273 / 3,118
3×3 one-handed18.6823.01
top 16.9%356 / 2,620
5×51:19.151:28.63
top 18.4%218 / 1,499
Skewb5.888.06
top 24.8%596 / 2,907
3×3 blindfolded1:36.34—
top 25.4%80 / 351
3×3 Multi-Blind6 of 6 cubes · 45:56—
early days — 1 solve37 / 112
6×62:55.643:04.26
top 38.9%195 / 665
7×74:30.254:37.36
top 41.1%167 / 503
Square-126.1036.07
top 41.7%360 / 952
Megaminx2:35.53—
top 63.9%773 / 1,375
4×4 blindfolded17:04.00—
early days — 1 solve48 / 60
Clock31.88—
early days — 1 solve875 / 1,029

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

PDX Cubing Beta 2015: 22.99Live Your Dream 2016: 19.23Vancouver Open Winter 2016: 17.78Vancouver Fall 2016: 17.66Calgary Limited Fall 2016: 12.60Vancouver Open Winter 2017: 14.27Puget Sound Winter 2017: 10.16Vancouver Open Summer 2017: 12.96Puget Sound Fall 2017: 13.47Whistler Open 2017: 12.86Puget Sound Winter 2.0 2017: 13.78SnoCo Summer 2018: 12.65Vancouver Select 2018: 11.92SnoCo Fall 2018: 13.13Puget Sound NxNxN 2018: 10.25UBC Open 2019: 10.85Vancouver Big Cubes Open 2019: 11.20BC Championship 2024: 10.61Maple Ridge Favourites 2025: 10.25Victoria Dockyard Sprint 2026: 8.708.7022.9921 Nov 201524 May 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-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.70 away.

Targets move as he improves.