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Justin Cawley

3×3 · top 16.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022CAWL01

Justin Cawley has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.78, set at NYU Spring 2025, puts him in the top 16.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,083rd in the United States. Across 21 competitions since July 2022, he has put 273 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:17.18 in July 2022 to 12.78, an 83% improvement. Justin has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 16.7% of 288,433 all-time
12.78
signature single · NYU Spring 2025
273
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.7816.71
top 16.7%9,083 / 60,666
3×3 blindfolded1:26.292:17.35
top 21.7%447 / 2,128
2×23.966.60
top 26.0%10,395 / 41,674
Clock14.2514.47
top 44.9%3,705 / 9,172
4×41:12.851:32.34
top 49.7%8,468 / 19,354
Pyraminx10.0513.64
top 53.4%15,816 / 29,168
3×3 one-handed35.9546.02
top 59.1%8,367 / 15,900
Skewb13.9520.63
top 74.6%14,297 / 19,164
5×55:02.30—
early days — 2 solves9,336 / 9,537

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

New York Championship 2022: 1:17.18Pioneer Valley Cubing B 2023: 30.20Westport Warmup 2023: 24.45Parsippany Mini PM 2024: 19.72NYU Winter 2024: 19.46Saratoga Springs Newcomers 2024: 16.64Saratoga Springs Summer 2024: 16.40Westport Summer 2024: 19.08Pretzel Mania Summer 2024: 15.70Puzzles in Pottsville 2025: 14.43Flushing Glow Open AM 2025: 16.84Liberty Science Center Open A 2025: 13.51NYU Spring 2025: 12.78Summit Summer 2025: 15.38Brookline Favorites III 2025: 15.03Flushing Glow Autumn AM 2025: 16.40Penn Cube Day Fall 2025: 15.50Brooklyn Waldorf Winter 2025: 14.92NYU Spring 2026: 16.7212.781:17.182 Jul 20225 Apr 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-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
  • A sub-1:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 1,611 people have one; it is 26.29 away.

Targets move as he improves.