People · United States
Landon Powell
3×3 · top 6.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2025 · 2025POWE06
Landon Powell has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.78, set at TJHSST Winter 2026, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,750th in the United States. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since June 2025, he has put 310 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.90 in June 2025 to 9.78, a 48% improvement. Landon 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.78 | 13.93 | top 6.9% | 3,750 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.08 | 5.64 | top 15.2% | 5,943 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 44.40 | 47.06 | top 17.5% | 2,658 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.83 | 9.51 | top 18.7% | 4,987 / 28,708 | |
| 5×5 | 1:19.76 | 1:30.55 | top 18.9% | 1,473 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 2:45.76 | 3:03.49 | top 33.8% | 1,216 / 4,196 | |
| Skewb | 7.98 | 10.34 | top 41.1% | 7,143 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.91 | 36.27 | top 41.7% | 5,594 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 27.61 | 38.60 | top 44.8% | 2,911 / 6,743 | |
| Megaminx | 2:08.35 | 2:27.09 | top 50.3% | 3,745 / 7,841 | |
| Clock | 17.06 | 18.22 | top 55.6% | 4,616 / 8,927 | |
| 7×7 | 6:43.86 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,411 / 3,184 |
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
- 2 Jul 2026Four personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026.
- 15 Mar 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.78 at TJHSST Winter 2026.
- 15 Mar 2026Five personal bests in one day at TJHSST Winter 2026.
- 8 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2025.
- 11 Oct 2025Four personal bests in one day at Virginia Beach Fall 2025.
- 27 Sep 2025Four personal bests in one day at Ephrata Fall 2025.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Colonial Cube Clash VA 2026 · 13 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- RVA Spring 2026 · 31 May 2026
- Virginia Beach Spring 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Williamsburg Open Spring 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- TJHSST Winter 2026 · 15 Mar 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Fredericksburg Winter PM 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Virginia Beach Fall 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Ephrata Fall 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- ODU Big Blue Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Virginia Championship 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- TJHSST Spring 2025 · 7 Jun 2025
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.
- Ryland Wilson — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead once
- Griffin Kim — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Ledger Ramirez — met in 51 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.78 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.