People · United States
Makoto O'Banion
2×2 · top 3.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023OBAN02
Makoto O'Banion has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.68, set at DFW Cubing Winter 2025, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,160th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since March 2023, he has put 225 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.34 in March 2023 to 10.57, a 60% improvement. Makoto has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.68 | 4.01 | top 3.0% | 1,160 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.08 | 7.04 | top 8.1% | 2,062 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 10.57 | 11.90 | top 9.2% | 5,017 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 11.63 | 13.50 | top 33.2% | 2,624 / 8,927 | |
| Megaminx | 1:38.58 | 1:56.09 | top 33.7% | 2,395 / 7,841 | |
| 4×4 | 1:14.22 | 1:19.87 | top 50.9% | 8,587 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 3:01.17 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,089 / 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
- 22 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Wichita Art Museum 2025.
- 16 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cube Against Cancer Edmond 2025.
- 30 Nov 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.49 at OKC Holiday Cube-Off 2024.
- 23 Mar 2024First sub-20 3×3: 17.37 at Going Fast in Grandview 2024.
- 18 Mar 2023First competition: Arkansolve 2023. A 26.34 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tulsa Holiday Cube-Off 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Arkansolve Fall 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Wichita Art Museum 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Edmond 2025 · 16 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Winter 2025 · 19 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- OKC Holiday Cube-Off 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Going Fast in Grandview 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Twisters in Tulsa 2023 · 23 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Arkansolve 2023 · 18 Mar 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.
- Jake Maddox — met in 34 rounds, never finished ahead
- Trenton Cuzick — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Lydia Workman — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.