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Julius Ponce

3×3 · top 7.0% of 288,433 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 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,908th in the United States. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since May 2023, he has put 439 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 36,406 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 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.0% of 288,433 all-time
9.83
signature single · Rocky Mountain Championship 2026
439
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
3×39.8312.17
top 7.0%3,908 / 60,666
Pyraminx5.9014.05
top 19.3%5,224 / 29,168
2×23.615.40
top 21.6%8,573 / 41,674
3×3 one-handed20.6325.23
top 22.3%2,895 / 15,900
4×453.2756.77
top 28.8%4,532 / 19,354
5×51:39.381:46.90
top 34.9%2,807 / 9,537
Skewb7.9712.13
top 41.1%7,236 / 19,164
6×64:01.124:24.73
early days — 3 solves2,591 / 4,262
7×76:34.776:52.57
early days — 3 solves2,393 / 3,236
Clock45.46—
early days — 2 solves8,811 / 9,172

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: 9.83Lopes Up AZ Fall 2026: 11.149.8330.6413 May 202320 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.

  • Mia Sponseller — met in 80 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
  • TJ Hayward — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
  • Dan Tran — met in 64 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.83 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,242 people have one; it is 0.90 away.

Targets move as he improves.