People · United States
Leo J. Wachter
3×3 · top 6.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025WACH03
Leo J. Wachter has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.59, set at NxN Nonsense NC 2026, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,505th in the United States. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since May 2025, he has put 149 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.21 in May 2025 to 9.59, a 37% improvement. Leo has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 9.59 | 12.57 | top 6.3% | 3,505 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.53 | 4.16 | top 9.2% | 3,622 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 50.63 | 54.92 | top 25.5% | 3,923 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.24 | 8.95 | top 29.8% | 8,275 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.61 | 29.56 | top 30.4% | 3,938 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 1:37.44 | 1:49.18 | top 33.4% | 2,652 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 8.05 | 13.26 | top 41.7% | 7,258 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 2:14.55 | 2:22.91 | top 53.5% | 4,013 / 7,841 | |
| 6×6 | 4:20.35 | 4:26.27 | early days — 3 solves | 2,837 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 6:55.56 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,489 / 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
- 22 Feb 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.59 at NxN Nonsense NC 2026.
- 19 Oct 2025Four personal bests in one day at NCSU Wolfpack 2025.
- 16 Aug 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.54 at Virginia Championship 2025.
- 16 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at Virginia Championship 2025.
- 24 May 2025First competition: North Carolina Championship 2025. A 15.21 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Bull City Big Cubes NC 2026 · 2 May 2026
- NxN Nonsense NC 2026 · 22 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- NCSU Wolfpack 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Virginia Championship 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- North Carolina Championship 2025 · 24 May 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.
- Quinn Anderson — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Kavin Rajendran — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Logan McClure — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.59 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.