People · United States
Leo Sova
3×3 · top 2.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2019 · 2019SOVA01
Leo Sova has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.96, set at Only Cubes in Wellington 2024, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,557th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since January 2019, he has put 425 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.01 in January 2019 to 7.96, a 73% improvement. Leo has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 7.96 | 11.35 | top 2.7% | 1,557 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.34 | 3.33 | top 7.4% | 2,922 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.11 | 7.36 | top 13.9% | 3,624 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 4.61 | 7.22 | top 15.3% | 2,398 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 14.90 | 19.51 | top 16.2% | 1,098 / 6,743 | |
| 4×4 | 50.00 | 56.14 | top 24.7% | 3,781 / 19,072 |
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
- 27 May 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.95 at Cashmere Open 2023.
- 27 May 2023Four personal bests in one day at Cashmere Open 2023.
- 18 Feb 2023Four personal bests in one day at Wellington Summer 2023.
- 2 Sep 2022Four personal bests in one day at NZ North Island Championship 2022.
- 16 Jul 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.20 at Owings Mills Summer 2022.
- 16 Jul 2022Five personal bests in one day at Owings Mills Summer 2022.
Competitions
- Makati Speedcubing Open IV 2025 · 7 Sep 2025
- Johnsonville FTOpen 2025 · 8 Mar 2025
- Just Solve in Johnsonville 2025 · 25 Jan 2025
- Kubing in Kapiti 2024 · 9 Nov 2024
- Only Cubes in Wellington 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Solve Well In Wellington 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
- New Zealand Nationals 2023 · 8 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cashmere Open 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Wellington Summer 2023 · 18 Feb 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- NZ North Island Championship 2022 · 2 Sep 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Owings Mills Summer 2022 · 16 Jul 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Northern Virginia Summer 2019 · 22 Jun 2019
- Nepali Nationals 2019 · 24 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Sankranti 2019 · 19 Jan 2019
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.
- Jack McDougall — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jack Maddigan — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Aneurin Hunt — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.96 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
Targets move as he improves.