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John Sluss
Pyraminx · top 13.8% of 130,891 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023SLUS01
John Sluss has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 5.10, set at Virginia Championship 2026, puts him in the top 13.8% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,669th in the United States. Across 12 competitions since June 2023, he has put 261 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Pyraminx best has come down from 14.77 in June 2023 to 5.10, a 65% improvement. John has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 5.10 | 7.90 | top 13.8% | 3,669 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 3.53 | 6.43 | top 20.6% | 8,200 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 6.28 | 10.90 | top 28.1% | 4,627 / 19,164 | |
| Clock | 15.66 | 18.25 | top 50.5% | 4,242 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 | 25.15 | 33.09 | top 53.0% | 31,468 / 60,666 | |
| Square-1 | 37.94 | 1:31.42 | top 62.8% | 4,200 / 6,846 | |
| 4×4 | 1:53.18 | — | top 78.5% | 14,683 / 19,354 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 17 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at Virginia Championship 2026.
- 31 Jan 2026First sub-30 3×3: 25.15 at Fredericksburg Winter PM 2026.
- 12 Oct 2024Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024.
- 8 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Puzzles in Pottsville 2024.
- 10 Nov 2023Four personal bests in one day at Virginia Championship 2023.
- 25 Jun 2023First competition: Concord Summer 2023. A 56.91 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Virginia Championship 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Gobbler Cube Day Winter at VT 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Fredericksburg Winter PM 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Virginia Championship 2025 · 16 Aug 2025
- Gobbler Cube Day Spring at VT 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Colonial Cube Clash VA 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Bull City Summer NC 2024 · 7 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Puzzles in Pottsville 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Virginia Championship 2023 · 10 Nov 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Virginia Beach Fall 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Concord Summer 2023 · 25 Jun 2023
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.
- Griffin Kim — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead once
- Pierce Tickle — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Benson Kim — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,242 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.