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Kristin Knowles

Skewb · top 8.2% of 73,281 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016WILE01

Kristin Knowles has been competing for 10 years. Her best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.57, set at Minnesota Warm Up 2024, puts her in the top 8.2% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,264th in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 84 competitions since May 2016, she has put 2,195 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 22.55 in May 2016 to 11.80, a 48% improvement. Kristin has entered 84 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 8.2% of 73,281 all-time
3.57
signature single · Minnesota Warm Up 2024
2,195
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Skewb3.577.59
top 8.2%1,264 / 18,907
2×22.575.36
top 9.6%3,790 / 40,951
Pyraminx4.488.45
top 10.1%2,635 / 28,708
3×311.8015.44
top 13.2%7,074 / 59,724
Clock9.7511.87
top 23.9%1,830 / 8,927
3×3 one-handed24.9432.23
top 34.0%4,491 / 15,683
Megaminx1:49.252:00.51
top 39.9%2,885 / 7,841
4×41:04.961:11.06
top 41.7%6,846 / 19,072
5×52:15.542:24.96
top 58.5%4,995 / 9,401
3×3 Fewest Moves45 moves47.33
top 65.6%1,364 / 2,040
6×64:45.45—
top 78.6%3,130 / 4,196
7×76:53.127:12.56
top 79.0%2,470 / 3,184
Square-159.211:12.94
top 83.2%5,562 / 6,743

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

Minnesota Cube Melt 2016: 22.55Saint Mary Scramble 2016: 21.58KCubing Summer 2016: 22.91Lawrence Fall 2016: 19.38Cubetcha 2016: 21.21Mega Minnesota Winter 2016: 20.41Marrs Mixup Winter 2017: 16.65KCubing Winter 2017: 14.64Iowa State Spring 2017: 18.05Overland Park Open 2017: 19.54Minnesota Cube Melt 2017: 21.63South Omaha Speedsolve 2017: 19.87CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 20.12Heartland Championships 2017: 21.56September Speedcubing 2017: 17.87Wiscube 2017: 19.47Cubetcha 2017: 18.14Fargo Fall 2017: 17.31North Iowa 2017: 17.93Skillcon 2017: 18.84Race the Clock 2017: 19.65Lions Cubing 2018: 18.75North Star Cubing Challenge 2018: 15.17CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2018: 12.13Minnesota Cube Melt 2018: 15.84CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 15.57Sioux Falls Summer 2018: 16.77Cubetcha 2018: 17.51Mega Minnesota Winter 2018: 18.19Race the Clock 2018: 17.97North Star Cubing Challenge 2019: 19.05Minnesota Cube Melt 2019: 16.34CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2019: 15.73Minnesota Qualifier 2019: 15.62Cubetcha 2019: 14.41North Star Cubing Challenge 2020: 13.22Minnesota Cube Days 2020: 16.52Cubetcha B 2021: 13.34North Star Cubing Challenge 2022: 17.18Minnesota Cube Melt 2022: 15.53Minnesota Cube Day 2022: 13.65Side Events Minnesota 2022: 15.52Cubetcha 2022: 12.68Race the Clock Minnesota 2022: 15.08You Better Belize It 2023: 13.94Minnesota Cube Melt 2023: 15.49Cubetcha 2023: 13.85SPAMtown II 2023: 16.60NxN Minnesota 2023: 13.13Race the Clock Minnesota 2023: 13.33Minnesota Meetup III Thursday 2024: 13.57North Star Cubing Challenge 2024: 14.55Elite in Eagan 2024: 13.05Minnesota Newcomer Sunday 2024: 13.97New Ulm Reboot 2024: 15.32Minnesota Slice 2024: 14.36Minnesota Cube Melt 2024: 14.72Minnesota Warm Up 2024: 13.93Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 17.16Rosemount Side Events 2024: 15.31SPAMtown III MN 2024: 15.01Minnesota Championship 2024: 13.194x4 by Four Madison Lakes 2024: 13.66Barbados 2025: 12.55Cubing at Iowa State 2025: 15.08CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025: 14.27Corny Cubers Iowa Classic 2025: 15.38Wisconsin Championship 2025: 15.22Cubing on the Green MN 2025: 14.13The Bahamas Cube Challenge 2026: 13.71Cube Against Cancer Minnesota 2026: 14.60Minnesota Cube Melt 2026: 13.99Fast in Fargo 2026: 11.80SPAMTown IV MN 2026: 12.2511.8022.9121 May 201625 Jul 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.57 away.

Targets move as she improves.