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Julian Rose

3×3 · top 6.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2011 · 2011ROSE04

Julian Rose has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.77, set at Empire State NxN 2024, puts him in the top 6.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,735th in the United States. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since December 2011, he has put 538 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.33 in December 2011 to 9.77, a 73% improvement. Julian has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.8% of 284,439 all-time
9.77
signature single · Empire State NxN 2024
538
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.7711.33
top 6.8%3,735 / 59,724
4×441.2549.27
top 13.6%2,029 / 19,072
Square-117.1826.48
top 21.4%1,425 / 6,743
5×51:22.901:37.74
top 21.5%1,663 / 9,401
2×23.625.23
top 21.7%8,493 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed20.6324.80
top 22.2%2,858 / 15,683
Megaminx1:27.081:36.59
top 26.3%1,816 / 7,841
Skewb7.5411.81
top 37.8%6,465 / 18,907
6×63:10.063:34.95
top 45.7%1,694 / 4,196
Pyraminx13.9320.59
top 77.5%22,940 / 28,708

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

MIT Fall 2011: 36.33Harvard Fall 2013: 43.18Yale Spring 2014: 26.65Franconia Open 2014: 19.90Harvard Fall 2014: 19.77MIT Fall 2014: 18.85Lexington Spring 2015: 15.28Norwich Summer 2015: 18.03Northeastern Fall 2015: 13.45Lexington Summer 2016: 13.64CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022: 12.47New York Championship 2022: 10.70Westport Summer 2022: 9.94CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2023: 11.35CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 10.90CubingUSA New England Championship 2023: 10.22Empire State Fall Favorites 2023: 10.10Empire State NxN 2024: 9.77CubingUSA New England Championship 2024: 10.74Hasselt Sunday Open 2025: 9.979.7743.1817 Dec 20119 Mar 2025

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.

  • Tim Reynolds — met in 83 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
  • Alex Cohen — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
  • Will Russo — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 3 times

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.77 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 1.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.