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Mason Paice

Clock · top 1.1% of 32,048 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023PAIC01

Mason Paice has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 3.27, set at Lewis Center Side Events 2026, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 112th in the United States. Until May 2021, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since September 2023, he has put 557 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.92 in September 2023 to 10.93, a 56% improvement. Mason has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

Clock
best event — top 1.1% of 32,048 all-time
3.27
signature single · Lewis Center Side Events 2026
557
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 86% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Clock3.275.40
top 1.1%112 / 8,927
2×22.303.69
top 7.0%2,793 / 40,951
3×310.9313.22
top 10.3%5,556 / 59,724
Pyraminx4.556.53
top 10.5%2,748 / 28,708
4×444.5851.02
top 17.8%2,695 / 19,072
5×51:29.351:31.85
top 26.7%2,086 / 9,401
Megaminx1:29.801:47.11
top 28.1%1,944 / 7,841
3×3 one-handed23.7631.91
top 30.8%3,989 / 15,683
6×62:43.452:57.77
top 32.7%1,160 / 4,196
Skewb8.4210.92
top 44.4%7,818 / 18,907
7×74:47.44—
early days — 2 solves1,367 / 3,184
Square-141.45—
top 67.2%4,416 / 6,743

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

Railroad City 2023: 24.92ALL1- Pittsburgh 2023: 25.22Eastwood Cubing 2024: 17.69Plum Puzzles 2024: 14.37Eastwood Mall Summer 2024: 13.89Fast in Fayette 2024: 14.01Happy Valley Fall PA 2024: 14.43Ohio State Nearly New Years 2024: 12.40Pittsburgh Winter 2025: 13.90Cubes in the Mountains WV 2025: 16.08Erie Spring 2025: 14.08Presidential Puzzles in PA 2025: 14.06Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 12.88Northern Tier Twist 2025: 12.62Lewis Center Side Events 2026: 13.53Northern Tier Twist 2026: 10.9310.9325.2223 Sep 202325 Apr 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

  • Xavier Ye — met in 123 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Dev Choksi — met in 100 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
  • Krishna Joyce — met in 90 rounds, finished ahead 15 times

Next targets

  • A sub-3 Clock single — 239 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.30 away.

Targets move as he improves.