People · United States
John Wintrob
2×2 · top 6.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025WINT08
John Wintrob has been competing for 11 months. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.20, set at Saint John's Summer 2026, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,477th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since October 2025, he has put 206 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.60 in October 2025 to 11.01, a 64% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.20 | 3.75 | top 6.2% | 2,477 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.76 | 6.95 | top 6.5% | 1,677 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 11.01 | 13.93 | top 10.5% | 5,687 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 6.52 | 9.25 | top 29.9% | 4,904 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.36 | 1:06.52 | top 37.9% | 6,137 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 13.03 | 13.59 | top 39.8% | 3,162 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 35.41 | 37.48 | top 58.0% | 8,091 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 3:03.56 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,188 / 9,401 |
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
- 16 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Woonsocket Cubikon 2026.
- 13 Jun 2026Four personal bests in one day at Saint John's Summer 2026.
- 18 Apr 2026Five personal bests in one day at Skowhegan Puzzlefest 2026.
- 10 Jan 2026First sub-30 3×3: 20.38 at Wide Moves & Waterslides CT 2026.
- 10 Jan 2026First sub-20 3×3: 14.66 at Wide Moves & Waterslides CT 2026.
- 10 Jan 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.66 at Wide Moves & Waterslides CT 2026.
Competitions
- Woonsocket Cubikon 2026 · 16 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Saint John's Summer 2026 · 13 Jun 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing in Westerly RI 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Skowhegan Puzzlefest 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Wakefield MA Spring 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Wide Moves & Waterslides CT 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2025 · 19 Oct 2025
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.
- Saisabari Ramesh — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Matthew Jalkut — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Hsi-An Chang (張襲安) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
Targets move as he improves.