People · United States
Kason Taylor Hamblen
Skewb · top 1.5% of 73,281 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023HAMB01
Kason Taylor Hamblen has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.04, set at South East Louisiana Open 2025, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 221st in the United States. Until December 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since June 2023, he has put 372 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 11 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.06 in June 2023 to 9.04, a 69% improvement. Kason has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.04 | 6.08 | top 1.5% | 221 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 1.79 | 2.91 | top 3.5% | 1,386 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 9.04 | 11.56 | top 4.9% | 2,771 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 5.78 | 7.91 | top 6.5% | 508 / 8,927 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.43 | 6.04 | top 9.9% | 2,552 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 41.83 | 50.76 | top 14.3% | 2,135 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 1:29.33 | 1:41.92 | top 27.8% | 1,917 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.57 | 24.94 | top 30.3% | 3,926 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 1:46.69 | 1:53.72 | top 40.3% | 3,257 / 9,401 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 4 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Cube Against Cancer LA 2026.
- 1 Nov 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.04 at LA Twist or Treat 2025.
- 1 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at LA Twist or Treat 2025.
- 23 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at Louisiana Mega Two Day 2025.
- 3 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025.
- 12 Apr 2025Four personal bests in one day at South East Louisiana Open 2025.
Competitions
- Cube Against Cancer LA 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- LA Twist or Treat 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Louisiana Mega Two Day 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- South East Louisiana Open 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- New Orleans 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Cajun Cube Clash 2024 · 5 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Louisiana Championship 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Minxville Indiana 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Red Stick Spring 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Bayou Big Cubes 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Baton Rouge Winter 2024 · 5 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Louisiana Mega Two Day 2023 · 17 Jun 2023
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.
- Seth Talbot — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Ordway Persyn — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Gunner Engelsman — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
Targets move as he improves.