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Mia Willow Pahl

3×3 · top 5.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2019 · 2019PAHL02

Mia Willow Pahl has been competing for 7 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.13, set at Carberry Open 2026, puts her in the top 5.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 505th in Canada. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since October 2019, she has put 816 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 15.44 in October 2019 to 9.13, a 41% improvement. Mia has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.2% of 288,433 all-time
9.13
signature single · Carberry Open 2026
816
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 98% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×39.1310.57
top 5.2%505 / 10,502
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves33.00
top 6.3%17 / 284
4×435.2136.83
top 7.0%165 / 3,180
Skewb3.595.38
top 8.3%166 / 2,928
2×22.513.49
top 9.1%594 / 7,245
3×3 one-handed15.9918.59
top 10.3%227 / 2,632
Clock7.779.01
top 14.0%109 / 1,057
Megaminx1:08.691:22.36
top 14.9%132 / 1,393
Pyraminx5.657.77
top 17.5%718 / 4,913
5×51:19.671:31.56
top 19.0%231 / 1,546
Square-117.6421.15
top 22.5%191 / 973
7×74:23.534:36.07
top 39.0%160 / 519
6×62:58.223:03.59
top 40.3%208 / 683
3×3 blindfolded6:40.34—
top 90.2%320 / 362

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

Winnipeg Open 2019: 15.44Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 14.49Race the Clock Minnesota 2022: 11.94Winnipeg Open 2023: 12.65Canadian Championship 2023: 11.38Saskatchewan Open 2023: 12.19Winterpeg 2024: 10.10Queen City Cubing Regina 2024: 10.48The Battlefords: Cubers Strike Back 2024: 12.21Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 11.95Winnipeg Open 2024: 11.23Grand Forks 2024: 10.44Canadian Prairie Championship 2024: 9.44Championnat Canadien 2025: 10.03Winnipeg Fall Afternoon 2025: 10.36Winnipeg Spring 2026: 9.54Carberry Open 2026: 9.13Winnipeg Fall 2026: 10.379.1315.4419 Oct 201919 Sep 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.13 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 5.21 away.

Targets move as she improves.