People · United States
Merlin Bud Garrett
Clock · top 42.3% of 32,048 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022GARR05
Merlin Bud Garrett has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 13.63, set at St. Louis Spring 2025, puts him in the top 42.3% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,386th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since November 2022, he has put 94 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 51.57 in November 2022 to 35.30, a 32% improvement. Merlin has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 13.63 | 15.34 | top 42.3% | 3,386 / 8,927 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.98 | 11.40 | top 44.7% | 12,828 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 35.30 | 40.88 | top 70.9% | 42,975 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 11.88 | 16.58 | top 84.1% | 34,904 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:16.32 | — | early days — 3 solves | 14,006 / 15,683 |
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
- 5 Nov 2022First competition: Concordia Turning 2022. A 51.57 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Concordia Turning Winter 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Missouri Championship 2025 · 18 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- St. Louis Spring 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Concordia Turning Fall 2024 · 7 Dec 2024
- Springfield Summer Open 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing for Autism Missouri 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Springfield Winter Open 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Concordia Turning 2022 · 5 Nov 2022
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.
- Josiah Bell — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tommy Behnke — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead once
- Lucas Stambaugh — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 Clock single — 11,202 people have one; it is 1.63 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.