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John Sluss
Pyraminx · top 17.6% of 129,321 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 5.68, set at Gobbler Cube Day Spring at VT 2025, puts him in the top 17.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,676th in the United States. Across 11 competitions since June 2023, he has put 229 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 14.77 in June 2023 to 5.68, a 62% improvement. John has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 5.68 | 8.16 | top 17.6% | 4,676 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 3.53 | 6.43 | top 20.6% | 8,067 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 6.28 | 10.90 | top 28.0% | 4,558 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 25.15 | 35.79 | top 52.9% | 30,986 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 17.41 | 21.70 | top 56.8% | 4,729 / 8,927 | |
| Square-1 | 37.94 | 1:31.42 | top 62.7% | 4,140 / 6,743 | |
| 4×4 | 2:15.58 | — | early days — 2 solves | 16,648 / 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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 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
- 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 45 rounds, finished ahead once
- Benson Kim — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Pierce Tickle — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.