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John Punzone
3×3 · top 29.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024PUNZ01
John Punzone has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.32, set at Hazlet Fall 2026, puts him in the top 29.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16,125th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since January 2024, he has put 74 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.12 in January 2024 to 16.32, a 42% improvement. John has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 16.32 | 19.68 | top 29.0% | 16,125 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 6.01 | 7.74 | top 51.1% | 21,142 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 11.53 | 16.87 | top 63.7% | 11,971 / 19,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.76 | 18.93 | top 65.7% | 19,721 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 1:53.55 | — | early days — 2 solves | 14,729 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 54.55 | — | top 80.5% | 12,087 / 15,900 |
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
- 5 Sep 2026First sub-20 3×3: 17.02 at Long Island Back to School 2026.
- 5 Sep 2026Three personal bests in one day at Long Island Back to School 2026.
- 27 Jan 2024First competition: Parsippany Mini PM 2024. A 28.12 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hazlet Fall 2026 · 11 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Long Island Back to School 2026 · 5 Sep 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- An Afternoon in Nyack 2024 · 29 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- New Rochelle at Nite 5 2024 · 22 Aug 2024
- Great Peconic Bay Spring 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubes on the Bayside Spring 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Parsippany Mini PM 2024 · 27 Jan 2024
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.
- Aaron Jake Wong — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Alex Maass — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Parker Trager — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 1.32 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 96,384 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
Targets move as he improves.