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Julius Ponce

3×3 · top 7.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023PONC02

Julius Ponce has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.83, set at Rocky Mountain Championship 2026, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,835th in the United States. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since May 2023, he has put 419 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.64 in May 2023 to 9.83, a 68% improvement. Julius has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.0% of 284,439 all-time
9.83
signature single · Rocky Mountain Championship 2026
419
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 98% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.8312.70
top 7.0%3,835 / 59,724
Pyraminx5.9014.05
top 19.2%5,129 / 28,708
2×23.615.40
top 21.6%8,439 / 40,951
4×453.2756.77
top 28.7%4,464 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed23.3829.87
top 29.8%3,861 / 15,683
5×51:40.611:54.60
top 35.8%2,843 / 9,401
Skewb7.9712.13
top 41.0%7,126 / 18,907
6×64:01.124:24.73
early days — 3 solves2,548 / 4,196
7×76:34.776:52.57
early days — 3 solves2,351 / 3,184
Clock45.46—
early days — 2 solves8,579 / 8,927

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

Never Stop Turning AZ 2023: 30.64Prescott Cubing Winter 2024: 21.97Arizona Favorites 2024: 21.42Bring the Heat AZ 2024: 15.97Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 18.56Arizona Autumn 2024: 16.10Prescott Winter 2025: 13.59Megaminx Madness AZ 2025: 14.73Arizona Championship 2025: 14.23Rocky Mountain Championship 2025: 12.15Arizona Championship 2026: 12.13Cube Against Cancer Arizona 2026: 11.81Prescott Spring 2026: 13.59Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 11.51Rocky Mountain Championship 2026: 9.839.8330.6413 May 202321 Aug 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.83 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.90 away.

Targets move as he improves.