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Justin Barker

2×2 · top 0.065% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2013 · 2013BARK01

Justin Barker has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.64, set at Missouri Championship 2025, puts him in the top 0.065% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 22nd in the United States. Until June 2015, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 132 competitions since March 2013, he has put 6,503 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.80 in March 2013 to 5.43, a 78% improvement. Justin has entered 132 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.065% of 186,767 all-time
0.64
signature single · Missouri Championship 2025
6,503
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×20.642.01
top 0.065%22 / 40,951
3×35.437.32
top 0.22%156 / 59,724
Clock3.844.54
top 2.0%176 / 8,927
Skewb2.254.37
top 2.1%304 / 18,907
4×429.1632.64
top 2.3%382 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed11.5113.76
top 2.4%385 / 15,683
5×554.541:06.45
top 3.2%265 / 9,401
Pyraminx2.964.44
top 3.5%930 / 28,708
Megaminx48.4858.80
top 4.4%311 / 7,841
Square-112.9017.95
top 11.7%810 / 6,743
6×62:02.982:11.74
top 12.2%443 / 4,196
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves33.67
top 14.8%327 / 2,040
7×73:16.093:30.69
top 15.1%421 / 3,184
3×3 blindfolded1:49.782:47.69
top 29.9%619 / 2,092
3×3 Multi-Blind4 of 4 cubes · 29:44—
top 42.7%326 / 731
4×4 blindfolded28:32.00—
early days — 2 solves428 / 440

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

UIUC Spring 2013: 24.80Indiana 2014: 19.56Lawrence Open 2014: 15.48Lawrence Spring 2015: 11.90Kansas City Cubing 2015: 11.86Music City Winter 2016: 9.61OKCubing 2016: 9.38KCubing Spring 2016: 10.42US Nationals 2016: 9.98Dixon Fall 2016: 9.56Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2017: 8.70Overland Park Open 2017: 9.95CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 8.36St. Boois 2017: 8.50KCubing Fall 2017: 8.43SCC Winter 2018: 6.87Cubing 4 Kids 2018: 8.53Gateway Ravioli Spring 2018: 7.64UIUC Spring 2018: 7.96BarbeCubing Fall 2018: 7.70Grind City 2019: 7.67Cubing Peoria 2019: 7.11CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 8.46UIUC Fall 2019: 7.43Cubing Peoria 2020: 6.89Mudd Winter 2020: 7.81Cobb Cubes Comeback 2B 2021: 6.34GA Cubers February C 2022: 6.91CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2022: 6.58Cuber Jackets Fall 2022: 7.82GA Cubers Mashed Potatoes 2022: 6.61CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2023: 7.74Simpson Scramble 2023: 7.34Cubing for Autism Missouri 2023: 6.46CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2023: 7.24Little Giant Open 2023: 6.55Clarks Hill Cubing 2023: 6.95T-Town Showdown 2023: 5.43Cuber Jackets Fall 2023: 7.12Fountain City Holiday Special 2023: 6.53Red Wolf Cubing Arkansas 2024: 6.45Choo Choo Cubing A 2024: 6.41Cobb Cubes and Clocks 2024: 6.93Volunteer State Cubing 2024: 7.02Beat the Clock Westminster 2024: 6.38Fountain City Spring Fling 2024: 6.52Concordia Turning Spring 2024: 5.44Clayton State Cubing 2024: 6.20Upstate Palmetto Puzzles 2024: 7.06Middle Georgia Speedsolving 2024: 7.00River Hill Spring 2024: 6.46Alabama Championship 2024: 7.06Missouri Summer Kickoff 2024: 7.14See Georgia: Lake Russell B 2024: 6.97CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2024: 6.28Bama Big Cubes 2024: 6.65CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024: 6.67Saratoga Springs Summer 2024: 6.92Land of Lincoln 2024: 6.37Missouri Championship 2024: 6.88Scenic City Scramble TN 2024: 6.80FSUbers 7.0 2024: 7.42CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024: 7.07GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2024: 6.89Solving at Sycamore TN 2024: 6.14Appalachian Highlands TN 2024: 6.43Middle Georgia Gives Thanks 2024: 5.67Concordia Turning Fall 2024: 6.38Coosa Cubing Clash 2024: 6.56Vanderbilt Winter 2025: 6.66Charlotte Winter 2025: 6.96Cubing on the Plains at Auburn 2025: 6.97Minxing in Memphis 2025: 6.93See Georgia: Cloudland Canyon A 2025: 6.28Sowega Spring 2025: 7.05Queen City NC 2025: 6.96GA Cuber Jackets Spring 2025: 7.19Middle Georgia Big Cube Showdown 2025: 6.29Skewbing in School Kennesaw 2025: 7.17Cubing in School Westminster 2025: 6.39North Carolina Championship 2025: 7.08CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2025: 6.35Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 7.40Missouri Championship 2025: 6.67Fort Payne Summer 2025: 6.99Clemson Cube Catastrophe 2025: 7.59East Cobb Summer 2025: 6.23Concord Summer 2025: 7.39Middle Georgia Mega Mania 2025: 6.83Alabama Crimson Cubing Fall 2025: 6.43GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2025: 6.87Spookin' on the Plains at Auburn 2025: 6.93Coosa Cubing Clash 2025: 6.12Georgia Championship 2026: 7.37Solving in Savannah 2026: 7.17Marietta Monday Mini I 2026: 7.03Vanderbilt Winter 2026: 6.83NxN Nonsense NC 2026: 7.08FSUbers 11.0 2026: 6.76Marietta Monday Mini II 2026: 6.68Middle Georgia March Madness 2026: 6.43Marietta Monday Mini III 2026: 6.57Cube Against Cancer Roswell 2026: 6.77Georgia Tech Tuesday Tiny I 2026: 6.08CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2026: 6.79Scenic City Spring TN 2026: 6.76GA Cuber Jackets Spring 2026: 6.73Cube Against Cancer Franklin 2026: 7.23GA Cubers Pride 2026: 6.15Warm Up Carolina Pride 2026: 6.10Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 7.41Middle Georgia Summer Solving 2026: 6.34Missouri Championship 2026: 6.77Kansas Championship 2026: 6.61Fort Payne Summer 2026: 6.915.4324.8030 Mar 201322 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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
  • A sub-3 Clock single — 239 people have one; it is 0.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.