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Mia Willow Pahl

3×3 · top 5.2% of 284,439 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 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 493rd in Canada. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since October 2019, she has put 781 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 96% of the 35,811 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 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.2% of 284,439 all-time
9.13
signature single · Carberry Open 2026
781
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 96% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×39.1310.57
top 5.2%493 / 10,392
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves33.00
top 6.2%17 / 283
4×435.2136.83
top 6.9%161 / 3,118
Skewb3.595.38
top 8.3%164 / 2,907
2×22.513.49
top 9.0%581 / 7,173
3×3 one-handed15.9918.59
top 10.2%225 / 2,620
Clock7.779.01
top 14.1%108 / 1,029
Megaminx1:08.691:22.36
top 14.9%127 / 1,375
Pyraminx5.657.77
top 17.4%708 / 4,858
5×51:19.671:31.56
top 18.8%226 / 1,499
Square-118.6124.84
top 24.8%209 / 952
7×74:23.534:36.07
top 38.9%158 / 503
6×62:58.223:03.59
top 40.2%206 / 665
3×3 blindfolded6:40.34—
top 90.2%314 / 351

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: 9.139.1315.4419 Oct 201925 Jul 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 — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.13 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 5.21 away.

Targets move as she improves.