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John Young

4×4 · top 2.8% of 85,040 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023YOUN31

John Young has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 29.84, set at Louisiana Championship 2026, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 85,040 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 459th in the United States. Until April 2012, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since November 2023, he has put 708 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.68 in November 2023 to 8.29, a 44% improvement. John has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 2.8% of 85,040 all-time
29.84
signature single · Louisiana Championship 2026
708
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
4×429.8433.30
top 2.8%459 / 19,354
5×554.471:09.22
top 3.2%267 / 9,537
3×38.299.51
top 3.3%1,924 / 60,666
2×22.193.18
top 6.2%2,490 / 41,674
6×61:54.292:01.35
top 8.9%317 / 4,262
3×3 one-handed17.6522.10
top 14.2%1,877 / 15,900
7×73:13.913:22.23
top 14.4%411 / 3,236
Pyraminx7.2410.20
top 29.9%8,401 / 29,168
Skewb8.8212.71
top 47.3%8,497 / 19,164

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

Fleur-de-Lis Fall LA 2023: 14.68Baton Rouge Winter 2024: 14.72Bayou Big Cubes 2024: 11.56Red Stick Spring 2024: 13.03Louisiana Championship 2024: 13.09Cajun Cube Clash 2024: 12.69Fleur-de-Lis Fall LA 2024: 10.04Baton Rouge Winter A 2025: 11.15Cube Against Cancer New Orleans 2025: 11.11South East Louisiana Open 2025: 8.83Assumption Mustang Cubing 2025: 9.04Louisiana Mega Two Day 2025: 9.92Cajun Cube Clash 2025: 9.13LA Twist or Treat 2025: 10.27LA Unorthodox Twistgiving 2025: 10.22Baton Rouge Winter 2026: 10.00Cube Against Cancer LA 2026: 9.73GAN Southern Championship 2026: 8.29LA Summer Throwdown 2026: 8.85Cubalaya LA 2026: 9.67Cubing the Coast MS 2026: 8.65Louisiana Championship 2026: 8.328.2914.7224 Nov 202326 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 614 people have one; it is 4.84 away.
  • A sub-50 5×5 single — 733 people have one; it is 4.47 away.

Targets move as he improves.