People · United States
Mason Colburn
Pyraminx · top 2.1% of 130,891 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023COLB01
Mason Colburn has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.47, set at Ohio Championship 2025, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 566th in the United States. Until January 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since July 2023, he has put 684 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.07 in July 2023 to 10.02, a 41% improvement. Mason 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.47 | 3.48 | top 2.1% | 566 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 1.64 | 3.46 | top 2.8% | 1,102 / 41,674 | |
| Clock | 4.66 | 5.53 | top 3.6% | 302 / 9,172 | |
| 4×4 | 34.74 | 42.93 | top 6.6% | 1,020 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 | 10.02 | 10.97 | top 7.5% | 4,213 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 3.60 | 4.82 | top 8.4% | 1,312 / 19,164 | |
| 5×5 | 1:11.52 | 1:18.43 | top 12.8% | 994 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.34 | 18.76 | top 13.5% | 1,766 / 15,900 | |
| Square-1 | 13.99 | 16.35 | top 14.2% | 981 / 6,846 | |
| Megaminx | 1:19.58 | 1:30.54 | top 21.5% | 1,509 / 8,026 | |
| 6×6 | 3:07.79 | 3:18.01 | top 44.6% | 1,667 / 4,262 |
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
- 20 Dec 2025Five personal bests in one day at Ohio Championship 2025.
- 15 Aug 2025Five personal bests in one day at Michigan Championship 2025.
- 22 Jun 2025Five personal bests in one day at Plymouth Puzzle-Off 2025.
- 20 Dec 2024Four personal bests in one day at Washtenaw Mini 3 2024.
- 29 Jun 2024Seven personal bests in one day at Michigan Championship 2024.
- 6 Apr 2024Four personal bests in one day at Michigan Mega Madness 2024.
Competitions
- Michigan Mini 42 2026 · 18 Jun 2026
- Algorithms in Archbold 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Ohio Championship 2025 · 20 Dec 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Michigan Championship 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Plymouth Puzzle-Off 2025 · 22 Jun 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Washtenaw Winter 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Washtenaw Mini 3 2024 · 20 Dec 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Michigan Championship 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Michigan Mega Madness 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Dublin Ohio Cubing Winter 2023 · 28 Dec 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Washtenaw Autumn 2023 · 17 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Washtenaw Fast 'n Late Fall 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing 4 a Cure Farmington 2023 · 13 Aug 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Michigan 2023 · 8 Jul 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.
- Elliott Perkins — met in 92 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Cole Shaft — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Hunter Mackler — met in 82 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.