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John Wheeler

Pyraminx · top 0.93% of 129,321 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023WHEE03

John Wheeler has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.87, set at St. Ansgar 2026, puts him in the top 0.93% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 265th in the United States. Until April 2012, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since June 2023, he has put 997 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.52 in June 2023 to 9.18, a 50% improvement. John has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 0.93% of 129,321 all-time
1.87
signature single · St. Ansgar 2026
997
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 84% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx1.874.05
top 0.93%265 / 28,708
2×21.752.84
top 3.3%1,289 / 40,951
Skewb2.753.93
top 3.8%600 / 18,907
3×39.1812.13
top 5.3%2,964 / 59,724
Clock5.447.68
top 5.6%430 / 8,927
3×3 one-handed17.3923.94
top 13.6%1,755 / 15,683
Megaminx1:08.081:14.05
top 14.5%983 / 7,841
4×445.6348.81
top 19.1%2,898 / 19,072
5×51:33.231:42.78
top 30.0%2,368 / 9,401
6×63:41.493:45.92
top 59.2%2,267 / 4,196
7×77:12.97—
early days — 3 solves2,597 / 3,184
Square-11:13.65—
early days — 2 solves6,128 / 6,743

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

Sioux Falls Summer 2023: 18.52Sioux Falls Saturday 2023: 13.26Sioux City Sunday 2023: 13.81Cubetcha 2023: 13.30Minnesota Meetup III Thursday 2024: 14.76North Star Cubing Challenge 2024: 11.05Minnesota Newcomer Sunday 2024: 9.99New Ulm Reboot 2024: 11.99CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2024: 11.74Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 12.12South Dakota Playhouse 2025: 11.73Nebraska Championship 2025: 10.31CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025: 11.47Cubetcha MN 2025: 9.58Minnesota Championship 2025: 12.04Race the Clock MN 2025: 13.77North Star Cubing Challenge MN 2026: 10.88St. Ansgar 2026: 11.65SPAMTown IV MN 2026: 9.18State Hunting Calls for Sioux Falls 2026: 11.229.1818.5224 Jun 20235 Sep 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.

  • Nathan Rahn — met in 155 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
  • Kaius Young — met in 138 rounds, finished ahead 41 times
  • Lisa Kucala — met in 132 rounds, finished ahead 121 times

Next targets

  • A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.75 away.

Targets move as he improves.