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John Paul Lee

3×3 · top 31.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025LEEJ37

John Paul Lee has been competing for 11 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.09, set at Cincinnati Speedsolving 2026, puts him in the top 31.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,250th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since October 2025, he has put 22 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.20 in October 2025 to 17.09, a 41% improvement. John has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 31.3% of 284,439 all-time
17.09
signature single · Cincinnati Speedsolving 2026
22
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×317.0923.99
top 31.3%17,250 / 59,724
2×27.1910.40
top 62.0%25,491 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed55.13
early days — 2 solves12,005 / 15,683

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

Oldham County Fall 2025: 29.20Cincinnati Speedsolving 2026: 17.0917.0929.2018 Oct 202521 Feb 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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.09 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.19 away.

Targets move as he improves.