People · United States
John Montanti
3×3 · top 15.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023MONT44
John Montanti has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.54, set at Cube Against Cancer Houston 2025, puts him in the top 15.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,463rd in the United States. Across 8 competitions since September 2023, he has put 165 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.57 in September 2023 to 12.54, a 29% improvement. John has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.54 | 13.52 | top 15.8% | 8,463 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.67 | 10.37 | top 17.6% | 4,662 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 4.23 | 5.93 | top 29.5% | 11,692 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 58.21 | 1:11.23 | top 34.5% | 5,558 / 19,072 |
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
- 2 Mar 2024Four personal bests in one day at Cube Against Cancer Texas 2024.
- 13 Jan 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.45 at DFW Winter Variation 2024.
- 10 Sep 2023First competition: Brazos Cubing Fall 2023. A 21.86 3×3 single to start from.
- 10 Sep 2023First sub-20 3×3: 17.57 at Brazos Cubing Fall 2023.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Against Cancer Houston 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024
- Cube Against Cancer Texas 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- DFW Winter Variation 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Space City Winter 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Brazos Cubing Fall 2023 · 10 Sep 2023 — 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.
- Catherine Connolly — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Siddharth Reddy — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Benjamin Spradley — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
Targets move as he improves.